From War Is Boring:
Our mission — our new mission, I should say — is, U.S. Army Africa as the Army service component command, for U.S. Africa Command, enables full-spectrum operations while conducting sustained security engagement with African land forces to promote security, stability and peace.
That was Army Major General William Garrett, speaking to bloggers earlier this week. In recent months the Army has organized exercises in Gabon and Uganda, focusing on communications, logistics and disaster-response. U.S. soldiers also reportedly helped Ugandan forces pursue the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group across Central Africa.
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My Comment: The U.S. has a lousy history when it comes to African conflicts and wars .... think of Black Hawk Down .... so when U.S. commanders and U.S. politicians are expressing a certain reluctance to get involved .... it comes from a certain amount of experience and understanding of what happens if we do put our nose into these wars.
But even if there was a certain level of willingness to stabilize a certain region in Africa, the U.S. simply does not have the manpower or resources to do so. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have shown us what the cost of such a conflict can become .... and even with the best intentions the U.S. and its Western allies are simply too stretched to even contemplate getting involved.