US Military Stretched Thin in 50 African Nations
By Les Neuhaus • 12/01/17 5:30am
The recent attacks by militants who killed four American commandos in Niger and detonated a truck bomb that left more than 350 civilians dead in Somalia—events that happened more than 3,000 miles from each other—remind us that terrorism is a real and constant threat that reaches the farthest corners of our planet.
Because of that, and certainly in the post-9/11 global context, the American military presence has increased exponentially abroad. The Pentagon now has troops in countries many average Americans never would’ve dreamed of sending our forces to two or three decades ago.
http://observer.com/2017/12/us-military-has-presence-in-50-of-54-african-countries/
