Ethnic Violence, African Extremists Worry Pentagon Officials -- Voice of America
PENTAGON — Twenty years after close to one million people were slaughtered in the Rwandan genocide, U.S. military officials are confident that forces are better positioned to prevent a repeat of such mass slaughter. But, Washington is still concerned about security across the African continent.
Fears run rampant across much of the Central African Republic, where 2,000 people have been killed in ethnic violence since December, and some African peacekeepers already have pulled out.
But U.S. defense officials say the fact that African forces have been able to intervene is a sign things are slowly improving.
“The African forces that now are available that participate in these interventions and those types of things have expanded incredibly in the last 20 years; I mean six nations in Somalia, nine going to 16 in Mali," said General David Rodriguez.
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My Comment: With only 6,000 U.S. troops for the entire continent of Africa .... Africom General David Rodriguez has his work cut out for him. On a side note, this situation reminds me of one of my favorite sayings ....
.... There we were .... three against ten thousand .... and I told my men to spread out.
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