The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise conducts an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 4, 2007, while the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke and the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg follow behind. Enterprise and embarked Carrier Air Wing One are currently underway on a scheduled six-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class N.C. Kaylor
'A Period Of Persistent Conflict' -- Micah Zenko, Foreign Policy
Why the United States will never have another peacetime president.
In January 2007, with no public debate, congressional hearings, or news coverage, the United States intervened militarily in another country: Somalia.
On December 24, 2006, supported by U.S. tactical intelligence, military training, and "less than a dozen" special operations forces on the ground, Ethiopia had invaded Somalia with the goal of unseating the ruling Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). As the Ethiopian ground offensive quickly overwhelmed CIC defenses surrounding the capital of Mogadishu, Somali militants and al-Qaeda affiliates fled south. Some were tracked by U.S. Predator drones and cell phone intercepts.
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My Comment: I concur .... the U.S. is now in an era of persistent conflict.
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