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When does neo-imperialist subtext tip over to overt imperialism? Well, when it comes to America’s Africa policy, apparently it’s when
Foreign Affairs indulges the published fantasies of a multigenerational military trio of facsimile David Petraeuses peddling un-ironic Rudyard Kipling reprises. In the piece in question, retired Air Force Major General Marcus Hicks, and U.S. Army Majors Kyle Atwell and Dan Collini don’t pull punches – and are just a bit too on the neocolonial nose – off-handedly asserting: Like it or not, a twenty-first century scramble for Africa is underway. Allow me to translate that into late 19th
the half hour right now. general david petraeuses taking command in afghanistan. he ll arrive later today, nine days after his predecessor general stanley mcchrystal was relieved of his duties. petraeus arrival in afghanistan is marked by rivals. nasa extending its shuttle countdown. the space agency making it official the last space shuttle flight is scheduled for february of next year. the flight was originally scheduled for november but pushed back because of technical difficulties. now that former hurricane alex has lost its punch and the waves are calming, crews in the gulf are hoping to get back to the oil spill today. the head of the epa will also be in louisiana for a town hall meeting and to oversee how bp is managing the cleanup. the mother of all skimmers, a converted super tanker named
suspected being responsible inside the white house situation room. this brings the national security advisor tom donnell lynn, the director of the national intelligence, senior intelligence official, james clapper and security advisor john brennan on the loop as they are cleared on the traffic. donilon, brennan and david petraeuses have been noticeably absent on the white house assessment of benghazi. four career military professionals would be the obvious choice, not ambassador rice to address the attack on sunday talk shows. one e-mail said the group ansar al-sharia was behind the attack. they claimed responsibility on facebook and twitter and called for an attack on the embassy in tripoli. the national security council replied in testy e-mail is more of the same. e-mails about the attack in realtime did not amount to intelligence as cents, bill. bill: there is someone in custody. at least one person we know