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by
George Friedman, Stratfor
Last
week, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the United States
would transfer the primary responsibility for combat operations in
Afghanistan to the Afghan military in the coming months, a major
step toward the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Also last week, France
began an intervention in Mali designed to block jihadists from
taking control of the country and creating a base of operations in
France's former African colonies.
The
two events are linked in a way that transcends the issue of
Islamist insurgency and points to a larger geopolitical shift. The
United States is not just drawing down its combat commitments; it
is moving away from the view that it has the primary
responsibility for trying to manage the world on behalf of itself,
the Europeans and its other allies. Instead, that burden is
shifting to those who have immediate interests involved... One may read more at Stratfor's website
Mr. Friedman is a former CIA official with considerable international experience. He now operates a private intelligence service – Strategic Forecasting – out of Austin. - The Legendary(click here for the true gen, folks) |
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