EconWatch.com > Militarization of U.S. Africa Aid

[Africabeat] I recently blogged about murmurings (i.e., blind quotes) suggesting that the U.S. Department of Defense was on the verge of deciding whether to set up an Africa command. I realize the debate's been going on at least since 2003 (according to "Militarizatoin of U.S. Africa Aid"), and has probably been somewhere on the table for much much longer. 

Previous [Previous] "Bad Economic Policy, Bad Energy Policy, and Bad Foreign Po...

Next [Next] The Battle For Ground Zero, Part 192...

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

http://www.officeronline.co.uk [Officeronline.co.uk] officeronline.co.uk: 28th - Travelled up to Edinburgh for NUSSL Scotland Informal and stayed overnight before travelling home and crashing for the evening. Unfortunately someone from a college who will remain nameless convinced me I could go and stroke one of the rabbits that were nonchalantly lying on the grass about 3 feet away from me on the beautiful Heriot-Watt campus - needless to say I was not successful, and learnt a valuable lesson!

http://arts.guardian.co.uk [Arts.guardian.co.uk] Three months ago Bob Geldof declared Live 8 had achieved its aim ...: In fact, the murmurings of dissent among the charities associated with Make Poverty History started soon. The promised aid actually included the figures for debt relief, they said;

[Danieldrezner.com] danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner :: December 2003 Archives: The spat highlights the continuing tone-deafness of large parts of the Bush administration to how its words play overseas: The administration's neoconservatives and the Pentagon in particular, frequently pushing justifiable policies, often couch them in unnecessarily inflammatory language. The dispute also displays the administration's difficulties in coordinating its foreign-policy actions - the job of the National Security Council staff.

Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.guardian.co.uk [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Three months ago Bob Geldof ...: In fact, the murmurings of dissent among the charities associated with Make Poverty History started soon. The promised aid actually included the figures for debt relief, they said;

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, ,