The war on terror extends beyond the Middle East, and a new agreement could keep soldiers on the ground for decades
Nick Turse
TomDispatch.com - Thursday, Apr 16, 2015
For three days, wearing a kaleidoscope of camouflage patterns, they
huddled together on a military base in Florida. They came from U.S.
Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and U.S. Army Special Operations
Command, from France and Norway, from Denmark, Germany, and Canada: 13
nations in all. They came to plan a years-long “Special
Operations-centric” military campaign supported by conventional forces, a
multinational undertaking that — if carried out — might cost hundreds
of millions, maybe billions, of dollars and who knows how many lives.
Ask
the men involved and they’ll talk about being mindful of
“sensitivities” and “cultural differences,” about the importance of
“collaboration and coordination,” about the value of a variety of
viewpoints, about “perspectives” and “partnerships.” Nonetheless,
behind closed doors and unbeknownst to most of the people in their own
countries, let alone the countries fixed in their sights, a coterie of
Western special ops planners were sketching out a possible multinational
military future for a troubled region of Africa.
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