Africom Foreign Policy Blunder: Another Rummy Move

Another foreign policy blunder, the new United States Africa Command (Africom) became fully operational. This is the last major action proposed by former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld intended to support U.S. military and diplomatic initiatives across a huge continent and among an unbelievably complex population. Although there is little in the area that is critical to the security needs of the U.S., not to mention financial difficulties at home, is seems to be the height of folly to overextend our military resources to a new and largely hostile area. I believe that it is only a matter of time before the U.S. gets bogged down again in a Somalia like situation.