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2002-12-10 East/Subsaharan Africa

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Posted by Steve 2002-12-10 03:15 pm|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Don't forget the nasty war they fought with Ethiopia over a plot of land that is, possibly, worse than hell. We should stay away from this place, too many nomads. The whole damn country could just wander off one day.

Posted by Chuck 2002-12-10 15:54:54|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-12-10 15:54:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Jesus, Chuck, what's gotten in to you? I think it represents a strategic opportunity. One more base, one more facility, hey, Brezhinsky might have been right...

Posted by Brian 2002-12-10 17:11:27|| 2002-12-10 17:11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Eritrea is representative of the Balkanization of Africa, and we all know how well that worked for Europe. I'm very leary of becoming buddies with tiny countries that didn't exist two decades ago, that were invented. It makes economic and political sense for nations to be large, not small.

These folks fought a long civil war with Ethiopia, then a war or two with them again, over land that makes the moon look fertile. Their tribal politics resemble Yemen or Somalia, and we're not putting bases in either of those countries.

We have a relatively stable Horn of Africa location, Djibouti. The Foreign Legion has been camped there for a hundred years or so. And, while I distain the rest of the French military, I respect the Legion. Because they're not French.

Posted by Chuck 2002-12-11 08:43:46|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-12-11 08:43:46|| Front Page Top

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