Cowardly, Red, White and Blue Weasel Stalks Africa – AFRICOM

https://www.laprogressive.com/africa/weasel-that-stalks-africa

By Mark P. Fancher, August 12, 2023

Although the U.S. huffed and puffed in the days following a military takeover in Niger, history suggests that notwithstanding the heavy U.S. military presence in Africa, the commitment of U.S. troops to direct armed combat on African soil is unlikely. That’s because the U.S. has never had the guts to tell the truth about how it has bullied and exploited Africa from a distance by using covert operations, drone and air strikes, and proxy military forces to do the dirty work needed to accomplish its imperialist objectives.

But like all liars, the U.S. occasionally slips up and discloses the truth. For example, during the lead up to the Supreme Court’s recent evisceration of affirmative action in higher education, a brief filed by retired military leaders that went unnoticed by many argued that preserving affirmative action for military academies and ROTC is important because: “officer corps diversity is far more than a laudable goal – it is a strategic imperative.” To make the point, the brief explained:

“Recent military engagements have frequently required close collaboration with people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. In February 2020, for example, the Secretary of Defense ordered deployment of an Army brigade to Africa to train and assist African countries to better compete with China and Russia in those regions.”

This statement betrays the Pentagon’s cynical, and racist strategy of trying to put a black face on U.S. imperialist military adventures in Africa. It is only one element of U.S. activities in Africa that are sneaky, loathsome, and downright cowardly….