I’m surprised this wasn’t a bigger headline than it was.
Graham: ‘The war is headed to Africa’ (CNN.com)I like how he says follow the enemy when he really means follow the mineral resources. The Chinese will not like US neocolonial adventures in Africa. It’s been their arena for decades now. The political elites collect wealth like I collect computer games that I haven’t the time to enjoy. The world would be a better place without them
Fully agree - and quite troubling to note that in that article…
'Graham also said “the rules of engagement are going to change,” and explained that the US approach to counterterrorism operations will be more aggressive, moving to what he called “status-based targeting.”
“So, if you find somebody who’s the member of a terrorist organization, then we can use lethal force, they don’t have to present an immediate threat,” he said.’
Labelling someone a member of a terrorist organisation - and then taking lethal force to remove them had better require some serious oversight and heavy weight of evidence before the green lighting of operations such as that. Both in the labelling of what a ‘terrorist organisation’ is, or not - and whether a person is a member of one at all.