US MILITARY BLANKETS MIDDLE EAST, SAYS ALJAZEERA
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
America will insure its military might in the Middle East, particularly using Afghanistan as its safety base. That’s according to the latest report from Arab Aljazeera News.
"The United States is beefing up its military presence in Afghanistan by setting up nine new bases in Afghan provinces and at the same time further encircling Iran.
"These developments cohere with a U.S. Air Force strategy to expand its operational scope across Afghanistan and the Caspian Sea region - with its vital oil reserves and natural resources: Central Asia, all of Iran, the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the northern Arabian Sea up to Yemen's Socotra Islands. A position which also provides the U.S. with a commanding position in relation to Pakistan, India and the western fringes of China."
So that’s the game plan of the United States remaining as the integral military variable in Afghanistan. At least that’s the way the Arab press sees it.
Therefore, according to that media, the United States has no practical, realistic strategy for leaving Afghanistan.
It’s the perfect base for protecting its own interests as well as warding off attacks from such countries as Russia, China and India, that is, if the latter three continue to work toward cooperating. Such cooperation intends to offset the US military global power.
"According to observers, the base expansion (in Afghanistan) is part of a U.S. global military plan calling for small but flexible bases that make it easy to ferry supplies and can be used in due time as a springboard to assert a presence far beyond Afghanistan," Aljazeera reports.
"John McCain the second in line on the Senate Armed Services Committee who said he was committed to a ‘strategic partnership that we believe must endure for many, many years.’
"McCain told reporters in Kabul that America's strategic partnership with Afghanistan should include ‘permanent bases’ for U.S. military forces.
"Media reports coming out of the South Asian subcontinent points to Washington's intent that goes beyond bringing Afghanistan under control and more into playing a determining role in the vast Eurasian region.
"In fact, one can argue that the landing of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2001 was a deliberate policy to set up forward bases at the crossroads of three major areas: the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia.
"Not only is the area energy-rich, but it is also the meeting point of three growing powers - China, India and Russia."
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America will insure its military might in the Middle East, particularly using Afghanistan as its safety base. That’s according to the latest report from Arab Aljazeera News.
"The United States is beefing up its military presence in Afghanistan by setting up nine new bases in Afghan provinces and at the same time further encircling Iran.
"These developments cohere with a U.S. Air Force strategy to expand its operational scope across Afghanistan and the Caspian Sea region - with its vital oil reserves and natural resources: Central Asia, all of Iran, the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the northern Arabian Sea up to Yemen's Socotra Islands. A position which also provides the U.S. with a commanding position in relation to Pakistan, India and the western fringes of China."
So that’s the game plan of the United States remaining as the integral military variable in Afghanistan. At least that’s the way the Arab press sees it.
Therefore, according to that media, the United States has no practical, realistic strategy for leaving Afghanistan.
It’s the perfect base for protecting its own interests as well as warding off attacks from such countries as Russia, China and India, that is, if the latter three continue to work toward cooperating. Such cooperation intends to offset the US military global power.
"According to observers, the base expansion (in Afghanistan) is part of a U.S. global military plan calling for small but flexible bases that make it easy to ferry supplies and can be used in due time as a springboard to assert a presence far beyond Afghanistan," Aljazeera reports.
"John McCain the second in line on the Senate Armed Services Committee who said he was committed to a ‘strategic partnership that we believe must endure for many, many years.’
"McCain told reporters in Kabul that America's strategic partnership with Afghanistan should include ‘permanent bases’ for U.S. military forces.
"Media reports coming out of the South Asian subcontinent points to Washington's intent that goes beyond bringing Afghanistan under control and more into playing a determining role in the vast Eurasian region.
"In fact, one can argue that the landing of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2001 was a deliberate policy to set up forward bases at the crossroads of three major areas: the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia.
"Not only is the area energy-rich, but it is also the meeting point of three growing powers - China, India and Russia."
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