Lord’s Resistance Army rebel chief Joseph KonyFighting A Terror Kingpin In Africa -- Daniel R. DePetris, CNN
Around one hundred American Special Forces troops are sitting in their barracks and preparing to start their tour of duty. Sounds like a typical day in the life of a soldier whose country has been extensively engaged in overseas conflicts for the past ten years. The only exception here is that the soldiers are getting ready to deploy to a region that has nothing to do with Iraq or Afghanistan, the two theaters of war that the U.S. military and its allies have grown the most accustomed too. Rather, the area assigned to this small contingent is smack in the middle of the African continent, spread across four countries in the Sub-Sahara—Uganda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Why US Forces are in Uganda? -- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
Assad, his raids on Lebanon, and Syria's slow slip into civil war -- Independent editorial
Are the generals stealing Egypt? -- Spengler, Asia Times
Iran: Keeping The World’s Oddest Couple Together -- Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
In Burma: a fake out – or real reform? -- Joseph Alchin, Christian Science Monitor
South Korea's Nuclear Weapons Temptation -- Lee Byong-Chul, Real Clear World
A new army is not what Haiti needs -- Washington Post editorial
City of the Future: Karachi is violent, unhealthy, and unequal. Is that so bad? -- Steve Inskeep, Foreign Policy
Europe’s Last Stand Needs Overwhelming Firepower: View -- Bloomberg editorial
Europe Deeply Divided Ahead of Make-or-Break Summit -- Spiegel Online
China's Economy: The Correction History Will Remember -- Gordon G. Chang, Forbes
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