Daar het vanoggend 'n verontrustende berig op 'n webwerf verskyn wat betref 'n buitengewone oplewing in Amerika se militêre betrokkenheid in Afrika.
Aangehaal: A US army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle extremists and give the US a ready and trained force to dispatch to Africa if crises requiring the US military emerge. General Carter Ham, the top US commander in Africa, noted that the brigade has a small drone capability that could be useful in Africa. But he also acknowledged that he would need special permission to tap it for that kind of mission.
“If they want them for [military] operations, the brigade is our first sourcing solution because they’re prepared,” said General David Rodriguez, the head of US Army Forces Command. “But that has to go back to the secretary of defense to get an execute order.”
A full brigade numbers about 3 500, but the teams could range from just a few people to a company of about 200. In rare cases for certain exercises, it could be a battalion, which would number about 800.
Aldus die berig op die webwerf.
Sedert die ANC die bewind in ons land, danksy die mildelike hulp van Amerika, gegryp het, het Amerika hoofsaalklik van surrogaat-oorloë, soos byvoorbeeld in die Groot Mere-state, gebruik gemaak om die belange van die Geldmag en die Nuwe Wêreldorde te bevorder. Die bloedneus wat 'n agterstraat-opgeleide bende Somaliërs 'n elite Amerikaanse mag in Bill Clinton se bewindstyd toegedien het, het klaarblyklik ook die Amerikaners op versigtiger voet geplaas wat betref direkte militêre konfrontasies in Afrika. Bogenoemde berig dui egter op daadwerkliker en skaamteloser Amerikaanse militêre betrokkenheid.
Die verwysing na “klein (dit is militêre) spanne” in vanoggend se berig moet niemand om die bos lei nie, dis maar aesopiese dubbeltaal van die rewolusionêr (dis maar eintlik wat dié Amerikaanse magte is). Ewe veronrustend is die spesiale vermelding wat die aanwending van onbemande aanvalstuie in die aangehaalde berig geniet.
In Amerika self woed 'n woeste debat oor hierdie onbemande tuie (drones). So ongewild is hierdie militêre maar meestal ongeïdentifiseerde tuie dat 'n webwerf vir behoudende Amerikaners pryse uitloof vir burgerlikes wat die tuie grond toe bring en daarop beslag lê. Vir hierdie patriotiese Amerikaners gaan dit nie slegs oor die feit dat spioenasietoesrusting aan boord aangewend word deur “Big Brother”, (Amerika se nie-amptelike geldmagregering) om sy neus te druk in hul private sake nie. Dit gaan vir die patriotiese Amerikaners oor die feit dat die tuie in 'n Orwelliaanse aanslag op hulle aangewend kan word in dié sin van en/of massa-uitwissing/beheer.
Dit is bekend dat Amerika hom militêr stewig op Afrika se vasteland ingegrawe het. Baie na aan Pretoria, in Botswana beheer Amerikaanse militêre personeel 'n vliegveld. Maar genoeg gegis. Let op 'n paar berigte waarin, eerstens, aandag gegee word aan Amerikaanse militêre ekspansiegedrag in Afrika, en, tweedens, berigte oor die onaangename publisiteit wat hierdie sogenaamde “drones” reeds in Amerika en elders in die wêreld verdien het:
US Army-Africa Reading Room: GABARONE, Botswana – The Botswana Defence Force and the U.S. Embassy announce that Botswana will host a joint military exercise known as Southern Accord 12, August 1-17. The exercise will involve approximately 700 BDF members and 700 American military personnel, and will take place on and around the Thebephatshwa Air Base.
A U.S. Army Africa Port Support Team (G-4, Logistics) of Chris Zahner and Maj. Brad Bane traveled to Durban, South Africa in support of Southern Accord 12 recently. The team oversaw contracting of a newly established U.S. AFRICOM Surface Distribution Network Contract (ASDN) where a variety of cargo shipments for the exercise arrived from various locations in Europe and CONUS.
The team ensured cargo earmarked for the exercise, cleared South African customs, was loaded onto commercial line haul vehicles and transported to Thebephatshwa, Botswana. In total, the port support team made it possible for the movement of five different vessels while clearing 73 pieces of cargo through this transportation pipeline.
Joint exercise activities conducted during Southern Accord 12 will enhance the capabilities of military personnel for both countries in a variety of areas, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, anti-poaching, peacekeeping, and convoy operations, as well as aero-medical evacuation.
The U.S. has in the past two years conducted similar joint military exercises with African countries such as South Africa, Mozambique, Tunisia, Uganda, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In partnership with the Botswana Defence Force, U.S. Air Forces Africa will take part in MEDLITE 12. U.S. Air Forces Africa, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is the Air Force component to the United States Africa Command, the U.S. regional command that oversees and coordinates U.S. military activities in Africa.
MEDLITE 12 is the latest in a series of exercises involving U.S. military forces and partner militaries in Africa with the aim to establish and develop military interoperability, regional relationships, synchronization of effort and capacity-building MEDLITE 12, a joint medical exercise focused on aero-medical evacuation. The exercise will improve the readiness of both countries’ medical personnel and will consist of classroom instruction, a mass casualty and aero-medical evacuation exercise.
Additionally, BDF and U.S. personnel will conduct outreach programs in several rural communities, including Malwelwe, Mantshwabisi, Sernane and Mowane. These outreach activities will include dental and medical examinations, veterinary assistance as well as other medical procedures