AFRICOM – Ever Heard of It? At $5 a Gallon You May Want To
July 7, 2008 by James Larmer
More research needed, but what do we know about AFRICOM? Here is a taste:
Does one voter in a hundred know that the Department of Defense has quietly activated a new regional military command? Just type in the acronym “AFRICOM” into a search box, and the reader will find a DOD website that presents the new United States Africa Command, in the same boosterish manner that Microsoft rolls out a new operating platform. See this Story
Source: Werther, AntiWar.com
The issue here: OIL.
The United States imports over 20% of it’s oil from Africa.
For more evidence on why the further militarization of Africa is a terrible idea, look at this documentary on Nigeria’s Oil War:
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