US expands the war on terror through Kenya.
"In addition to the direct engagement of U.S. forces in Somalia, there is indirect engagement using the armed forces of Kenya. The Congressional Research Service tells us “With U.S. aid levels reaching almost $1 billion annually in some years, Kenya ranks among the top recipients of U.S. foreign assistance globally.” The U.S. Department of State tells us “The United States provides equipment and training to Kenyan security forces, both civilian and military.” From the Friends Committee on National Legislation, we learn “One estimate from the National Defense University found that the U.S. is already giving Kenya about $300 million in military assistance…”"I'm sure this can be said of pretty much every country.
Obama continues waging war in Somalia.
Obama's definition of the war on terror. It's less bad than Bush's, but in practice no different.
The Afghan war winds down but doesn't end.
"The old imperialists are gone, but the occupation of Afghanistan continues. The new regime in Kabul just installed by Washington to replace uncooperative former ally Hamid Karzai, rushed to sign an “agreement” allowing the United States to keep some 10,000 soldiers in Afghanistan for years. This garrison will be exempt from all Afghan laws.No surprise the US is following that model.
However, there’s much more to this arrangement. The US combat troops, tactfully labeled “trainers” or “counter-terrorist forces,” are too few in number to dominate all Afghanistan. Their task is to defend Kabul’s sock puppet government from its own people and to defend the all-important US Bagram airbase.
Washington clearly plans to continue ruling Afghanistan and Iraq the same way that the British Empire did. Small numbers of British troops garrisoned the capital; white officers led the native mercenary army. But Britain’s real power was exercised by RAF units based in Iraq and Northwest Frontier Province."
"The US garrison in Kabul will continue to make Afghanistan safe for opium, which is the base for heroin. Americans have simply turned a blind eye to their ownership if the world’s top producer of heroin.The government floods neighborhoods with heroin, then it uses heroin as an excuse to kick in doors.
As Washington orates about the so-called War on Drugs, Afghan opium production rose in 2013 from $2 billion to $3 billion. The UN says over 500,000 acres of land in Afghanistan are now devoted to the opium poppy – right under the eyes of the US garrison.
While US-installed rulers in Kabul pay lip service to opium eradication, the rural warlords who support them, and receive stipends from CIA, continue to grow rich on the opium trade. Trying to blame Taliban for the scourge of opium is dishonest: when Taliban was in power it eradicated almost all of the nation’s opium production, reported he UN Drug Agency, except in the region controlled by the Communist Northern Alliance – which today shares power in Kabul."
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