Tag: AFRICOM
Trump’s Quiet Little War in Somalia
Trump’s Quiet Little War in Somalia
Through the first seven months in 2020, the U.S. military under Pres. Donald Trump conducted 43 airstrikes in Somalia. That compares to 42 U.S. airstrikes in that country from 2007 to 2017. In other words, in just seven months, the Trump administration bombed Somalia more than Pres. G.W. Bush and Pres. Barack Obama combined.
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The China and Africa Connection U.S. Imperialism Does Not Want You to Know About
The China and Africa Connection U.S. Imperialism Does Not Want You to Know About
The “China threat” mentioned so often by U.S. officials in all quarters of Washington D.C. is a different kind of projection of power—a psychological projection of the coming end of the U.S.’ ability to dictate global affairs without any significant challenge. The United States, unlike China, has little to offer Africa or the rest of the Global South. U.S. share in the global economy has shrunk and the economic crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic will only accelerate this trend. Many nations in the Global South, especially African nations, have experienced generation after generation of poverty and underdevelopment under the U.S.-dominated financial arrangements of the IMF and World Bank. U.S. imperialism has deployed much of its military arsenal to Africa and Asia to arrest the possibility of South-South cooperation replacing U.S. and Western domination.
Mali coup leader was trained by U.S. military, officers say
Private Contractors Are Part of “Kill Chain” in Empire’s Forever Africa War
Private Contractors Are Part of “Kill Chain” in Empire’s Forever Africa War
Empire has civilian mercs flying their own aircraft to find targets for the Pentagon
Increasing Civilian Toll from U.S. Air Strikes in Somalia
New Report Reveals US Special Forces Active in 22 African Countries
New Report Reveals US Special Forces Active in 22 African Countries
While there is much talk, (or more accurately, condemnation) in Western media of China’s imperialist motives in Africa, there is less discussion of the U.S.’ continuing role. While China operates one base in the Horn of Africa and has greatly increased its economic role on the continent, the thousands of American troops operating in dozens of countries are overlooked. The amazing thing about the American Empire is it is invisible to so many who serve it.
The US Strengthens its Military Foothold in Africa
[2015] Look Who’s Moving in USA’s ‘Own Backyard’
Look Who’s Moving in USA’s ‘Own Backyard’
In 2008 Washington created a special Pentagon command, AFRICOM, to counter the major Chinese economic initiatives in Africa to make loans and give soft credits in return for long-term trade agreements for oil and other African raw materials. Results have been poor in terms of stopping China’s search for raw materials for its growing economy. Now China has taken a new bold step to challenge the de facto imperialist American “Monroe Doctrine” by making major initiatives into Latin America. Washington’s “own backyard.”
West African leaders warn it would be a ‘mistake’ to cut back US troops in Africa
U.S. Africa Command says that there are approximately 6,000 Department of Defense personnel in Africa, but those numbers could go down following a review the Pentagon is executing to reexamine U.S. troop presence in multiple areas of operations.
— Read on www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2020/01/21/west-african-leaders-warn-it-would-be-a-mistake-to-cut-back-us-troops-in-africa/
This is BS!
But Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has stressed that China is the Pentagon’s top priority.
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