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Last I read the military was operating in over 100 countries
Posted on: June 10, 2018 at 08:29:09 CT
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around the world. Much of that "operating" is in a training or intelligence capacity, but I agree with your point that Somalia is not a place we should involve ourselves.
The simplest explanation is that a beast as big as the US military budget has to be fed with military assignments. In my view we should scale back the military and re-prioritize into developing a bigger military safety net around the world with our allies.
There is a concern that fundamentalist Islam can be grown easily in Africa and we've seen that in parts of Nigeria and obviously North Africa.
The bigger concern to me right now is the growth of Chinese economic influence in Africa. Some modern day colonialism going on there currently.
Edited by Gyro at 08:31:14 on 06/10/18
The simplest explanation is that a beast as big as the US military budget has to be fed with military assignments. In my view we should scale back the military and re-prioritize into developing a bigger military safety net around the world with our allies.
There is a concern that fundamentalist Islam can be grown easily in Africa and we've seen that in parts of Nigeria and obviously North Africa.
The bigger concern to me right now is the growth of Chinese economic influence in Africa. Some modern day colonialism going on there currently.
Edited by Gyro at 08:31:14 on 06/10/18
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Last I read the military was operating in over 100 countries - Gyro MU - 6/10 08:29:09
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