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Kingjaja,
Thanks for the link !

Pardon my interjection, but just as Ganulv suggested, this was not some discourteous act by the USG, rather a logical multi party meeting. These happen all the...

Kingjaja,
I'd like to have a link to that because I can't find anything even in the French press. There are gobs of news regarding Obama's gay rights during his trip to Senegal, but nothing about...

Kingjaja,
I think I found your twin at The Sun Times.



Regards, Stan

Kingjaja,
Boy have we been busy today :D



Lost in translation… and yet, we are both speaking English !
The donor nation in my former diplo speak is the recipient (nation or country).

On to...

Kingjaja,

Outside of the obvious answer which is very political, they are not exactly a donor nation. Foreign Military Financing make it not a donor nation. One needs a better understanding of how...

Kingjaja,
Presidential or State visits have their place. But, not in donor countries. As a taxpayer and having had the unfortunate task of preparing for such visits, I see no justification (1984 to...

Yo Kingjaja !

Not much reason for us to delve into our government's squandering, as we both know, there is no logic and no public support therein.

I'll leave you with these links which are...

Kingjaja,



Well, that would explain nearly 93 million dollars in assistance in 2013 ?

You may not as an "educated middle class Nigerian" depend on that assistance, but, seems somebody does....

You know that Obama's week-long trip to Africa cost the taxpayers 100 million ?

Why do we have to pay for him and his family to travel to countries that are recipients of donations and aid ?...

Kingjaja,



This British article explains things a little better



Much more at the link !

Years ago I would have agreed with you. But that so-called institutional knowledge and those that possessed such talents from a colonial era are all but dead and gone. To say that English and French...

OK, my bad ! I often get where you’re coming from ;)
One’s status at an embassy abroad is bit tricky. Although I had more freedom that others and the trust of the Ambassador, I couldn’t go around...

I would say that if any Western Government is culturally inept in the WORLD, it is the USG. Not to kick a dead horse herein, but our government abroad is run by State, and the personnel she employs...

I would be careful using Wikileaks as a source of Western intelligence and their thoughts.

The quoted concerns and documents are but a bunch of junior staff with ridiculous and profound thoughts...

Kingjaja,
Seems with the latest news of spying on French Diplomats, we may have set relations and cultural differences back another decade :D

Exactly !

The Country Team also has a Legal Attache (FBI). In fact, the CT should be reviewing whether the Department of Justice is not the better choice as a training provider. Considering the...

Hey Kingjaja !

We are working with the French in Mali, but that is mostly international and humanitarian organizations. The US got played due in part to the Country Team and the input provided by...

David,
I have not a clue what advance preparations have been accomplished to adequately prepare the brigade for Africa.

My first thought would be nothing (which is not as bad as it sounds). If I...

Seems this thread has once again gained some much needed momentum.
Some great posts and equally great responses ! I’ll begin with David’s 09.2013 post.

Let’s first discuss the “almost always...

M-A,
It wasn't long ago Carl asked me what I would do with the DRC and I responded with the same... Sweep in with two companies and destroy everything :eek:

Regards, Stan

JMA,
The best I can give you is my SWAG from a decade of Sub-Sahara and the French :wry:

It was just following Zaire's first uprising where a very small French unit managed to subdue and push the...

Isn't this some real old news ? Something like back in June France and Dakar announced troop (and security) reductions ? I doubt AFRICOM will put 1,200 troops anywhere on the continent, yet alone in...

Digital Congo commentary on AFRICOM's real agenda :rolleyes:

The author puts a brief positive spin on AFRICOM training the FARDC, but concludes their real mission concentrates on the protection of...

Not a bad article although I certainly expected more. I do however like the continued use of Ramirez. :D

Sorry, a relatively naive view on Africa and just how much we have done on the dark...

A little insight from Derek Reveron, October 01, 2008


Today marks the birth of the U.S. Africa Command, “the culmination of a 10-year thought process within the Department of Defense (DoD)...