Tag: Mark Esper

West African leaders warn it would be a ‘mistake’ to cut back US troops in Africa

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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.

We bombed it, we own it: US wants China to take its hands off Cambodia

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The recent allegations of a military outpost follow a similar pattern of allegations we have seen almost anywhere China has begun extending its arc of influence. A number of countries that China has poured money into have been accused of potentially offering a major military platform to Beijing for it to be used for military purposes. This list of nations includes Pakistan, Tajikistan, Samoa, Djibouti, Vanuatu, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, to name but a few. So far, though, China has only one overseas military base in Djibouti, whilst the US has its military scattered across the globe.
— Read on www.rt.com/op-ed/477204-cambodia-china-us-rivalry/amp/