This headline and story, U.S. drone base in Ethiopia is operational, appeared in the Washington Post World yesterday. Once again the U.S. government and its military have taken up residence on another continent. Africa, it seems, is now fully in play as far as U.S. imperial forces are concerned.
With the addition of the U.S. drone base in Ethiopia, the aggressive actions and presence of the United States are evident in Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda, Chad, Egypt … Actually it would be easier to name the African countries that the U.S. is not involved in than attempting to name the ones they are. This imperialistic assault on that continent is not new, but the expansion has now become all consuming.
The invasion of Africa by the U.S. ratcheted up to full speed when the warmongering George Bush by presidential order in 2007 created AFRICOM, the United States Africa Command. This was done of course under the same false guise as usual; to protect us all from al-Qaeda and other terrorists.
The U.S. and its military, and the CIA are literally taking over Africa and the Middle East. With current wars now in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Libya, and U.S. aggression being perpetrated against those in Yemen and Syria, and war threats against Iran, little ground in that region is left untouched by U.S. imperialism. This is the result of heinous policies orchestrated by Bush, and now Bush’s clone, Obama.
And now another killer drone base has been established so that those cowards in the military operating machines from afar, can continue to slaughter and maim innocents in other lands for the benefit of the government and its corporate supporters, and for oil and natural resources. This killing according to government is necessary to protect us at home, but in reality, the killing serves the purposes of the few elite, destroys our liberty at home, and allows the government to gain much more power over us.
It is appropriate that the MQ-9 Reaper, a drone manufactured in Ethiopia, is known as a “hunter killer.” Apparently, there is no shame in the minds of those western “rulers” and their minions willing to murder innocents in the Middle East and Africa for nothing more than self-gain and power. So who are the real terrorists?
For those applauding these unholy acts, your time will come. This government will not stop with the Middle East, it will eventually occupy and consume all that we know. Our own country will become a battleground, and then, although probably too late, the sheep will cry out for help and mercy, but there will be none left to hear those cries!