Hidden Agenda behind America’s War on Africa: Containing China by “Fighting Al-Qaeda”


By Ben Schreiner: 
For in order for the U.S. to harness Asia’s (read China’s) growth and dynamism — and thus cement America’s Pacific Century — the U.S. must come to also harness the growth and dynamism of Africa.  The U.S. containment of China, then, requires a pivot of sorts to Africa. Only the African pivot appears set to fall under the banner of that ever-malleable “war on terror.”  Read More…