the tunisian peace tree a ceremonial sword from djibouti is defense chief a plaque from the tunisian army's chief of staff all thrown right into the gutter seems the u.s. military is the cousin eddie of our national lampoon of a foreign policy in africa which means i think it's time to start watching the hawks. you want to go on a city street you want to. see this joyce state see. this great city this least systemic deception is the late show which. some real. world are going to watching. because you know me so when we look at i think $22.00 countries out of the entire continent of africa we're seeing u.s. special forces deployed. is the war on terror really so great that we need to be in 22 countries of africa because in my mind i think that's 22 too many my swift answer is absolutely not i am searching for justification because that's almost 2 dozen countries and the reality here is there honestly isn't a justification there isn't one that it's being given and other than just pilfering away resources and trying to take advantage of africa in the way that the u.s. has always done i

deployed in 22 african countries countries like algeria botswana burkean a cape barren bay chad djibouti egypt ethiopia gonna kenya libya madagascar mali mara tanya niger nigeria senegal somalia tanzania and tunisia. and that more than 14 percent of u.s. commandos deployed overseas in 2019 were sent to africa that's the largest percentage of any region in the world except for the greater middle east all of this in the name of this supposed war on terror that was started almost 20 years ago 20 years and 3 presidents ago that has no clear end in sight and it appears that u.s. africa command or africa for short hasn't exactly been the best of houseguests in these 22 african major ins not only has violence spiked in africa since the us military came to its shores and that's according to one of the pentagon's own actual studies but we can even treat the ceremonial podio what we've been treat the ceremonial poto out gifts we received from host nations with this respect as nick turse lays out military documents show that former africa chief general thomas wall houser regularly put gifts he rece

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recorded sighting in the 19705, but it was recently found alive and well on a scientific expedition in djibouti. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. thanks. the sun came out and for some it was a glorious day and every thing you could wish from a summers day, and then along came this sort of thing and certainly for some parts across england and wales, torrential downpours and opening the floodgates over there. the curl of cloud produce something a little more persistent and i'm already looking out into the atlantic and in fa ct, looking out into the atlantic and in fact, this area of cloud and rain which will be with you in the south—west before the end of the night. much of the activity we've seen today will gradually fade away into the wee, small hours and so too into the wee, small hours and so too into the wee, small hours and so too into the borders where it has been fairly unpleasant and also in northern ireland so it will be essentially a mild night and then down into the south—west quarter, that lump of cloud comes much closer and is there before the dawn across the south

recorded sighting in the 1970s, but it was recently found alive and well on a scientific expedition in djibouti came out and for some it was a glorious day and every thing you could wish from a summers day, and then along came this sort of thing and certainly for some parts across england and wales, torrential downpours and opening the floodgates over there. the curl of cloud produce something a little more persistent and i'm already looking out into the atlantic and in fa ct, looking out into the atlantic and in fact, this area of cloud and rain which will be with you in the south—west before the end of the night. much of the activity we've seen today will gradually fade away into the wee, small hours and so too into the wee, small hours and so too into the wee, small hours and so too into the borders where it has been fairly unpleasant and also in northern ireland so it will be essentially a mild night and then down into the south—west quarter, that lump of

they have been trying to blind american pilots from their face -- face in djibouti. they are doing things to directly harm americans. what is the threat? it's capabilities plus intent. they now have capabilities that they did not have five years ago. that is what i am talking about. so, we need to stay competitive. yes, we need to look at certain things with the way we do stem education and the way we retain talent. we need to educate our own indigenous foreign populations better. i had an air force general asked basically we do about wanton anti-americanism. he said they are mostly your age. mostly millennials. i said that is a department of education thing. a curriculum problem. you have a lot of political education going on for the last 30 years. it is a problem. we should focus on the basic s. it is sort of the bobby knight version of strategy. bobby knight took a basketball team of ok players and he would make them competitive i sticking to the fundamentals. that is what we need to do. stick to the fundamentals. host: quick question, quick response. kelly from w

you look at the military side, there in djibouti with her own forward deployed base. there are massive increases in both capability and number of the military forces intentionally set up to deny as access to parts of the world. and economically they are ip theft has destroyed billions of dollars off of our gdp and it is that gdp fuels our military which allows us to provide security to the world. every one of those categories we are being confronted and we need to be confronted back. i got three bills if i could show the real quick that address some of the stuff. we've got to the manufacturing back so i got a bill that expenses any company that moves from china back to the united states 100% of cost of the move. another bill is they are buying up distressed companies that have national security impact. what we are doing is we have a bill i have bill that creates basically an investment guarantee. if american investors by those distressed companies there some backing for it. so the china isn't by a company that helps our tanks work or whatever. and then i got another b

they have been trying to blind american pilots from their face -- face in djibouti.hey are doing things to directly harm americans. what is the threat? it's capabilities plus intent. they now have capabilities that they did not have five years ago. that is what i am talking about. so, we need to stay competitive. yes, we need to look at certain things with the way we do stem education and the way we retain talent. we need to educate our own indigenous foreign populations better. i had an air force general asked basically we do about wanton anti-americanism. he said they are mostly your age. mostly millennials. i said that is a department of education thing. a curriculum problem. you have a lot of political education going on for the last 30 years. it is a problem. we should focus on the basic s. it is sort of the bobby knight version of strategy. bobby knight took a basketball team of ok players and he would make them competitive i sticking to the fundamentals. that is what we need to do. stick to the fundamentals. host: quick question, quick response. kelly from was

last year, i traveled to the horn of africa and spent some time in djibouti, a country that welcomed china and the belt and road initiative investments with open arms. china now holds somewhere in the neighborhood of 80% of that country's national debt. 80% of their debt is held by communist china. the government in djibouti in turn agreed to accommodate china's first overseas military outpost, grant access to a crucial sea lane, and implement the orwellian smart cities program. now, i will tell you if i asked you to picture a modern-day surveillance state, chances are the picture that popped into your head would come pretty close to what is happening right now in djibouti city. but the other thing i saw while in djibouti was its vital strategic importance to the united states. our military relationship is one that exists on the front lines of great power competition, and it is essential to continue american commitment to and investment in african partners like djibouti. wherever african headquarters are located, we must not lose sight of the importance of resourcing the african amer