The United States Once Again After Africa
By Nestor Nuñez
AIN Special Service
Africa has once again assumed an essential role within the geopolitics
of the imperialist power circles. The apparent revelation of oil in
the Gulf of Guinea and other nations of the continent has renewed
Washington's greed and moved it to take urgent control measures.
According to an announcement made by the Pentagon, specifically Roberto
Gates, the so called US African Command will be fully operational in
2008. With the exception of Egypt, it places the whole zone under the
under the single command of the United States. According to Gates, the
essential tasks of this operational war entity will be to "increase the
anti terrorist actions of those nations concerned, supporting the
security forces of the continent and if necessary leading and
conducting military actions in the area".
Washington insists that it deals with assisting the forgotten region
and a way of cooperation with the governments, but in reality it is to
place a military force to control Africa's energy resources recently
under exploration. Many realize that the African oil could supply a
quarter of the US imports with the advantage that Africa is
geographically located closer to the US and in areas with less
conflicts than the Middle East and Central Asia, at least for now. In
fact, the establishment of a single command to operate in Africa
responds to the insistence of military leaders and US energy companies
operating in the region who are demanding an increased US military
presence after the promising discovery of new and rich oil fields. In
fact that is the major motivation for Washington. Washington does not
care if Africa is the most impoverished continent on earth, that AIDS
is destroying entire nations and drought and hunger are killing people.
Only the smell of oil and the possibility of earning a great deal of
money out of the so called anti terrorist crusade drives them on.
Se-Internacional-Africa
EE.UU. DE VUELTA AL CONTINENTE NEGRO
Por Néstor Núñez
Servicio Especial de la AIN
