In case you were worried that the US government might be running out of foreign countries in which to intervene, here David Berggren, from antiwar.com:
In November 2008, when Barack Obama first took office, he was riding high on a wave of euphoria at his show-stopping promises. Beyond offering “change” and pledging universal healthcare, the most salient campaign point he made then revolved around scaling down the global military footprint of America aboard. But, seven years on, that promise has proven to be the most hollow; the Obama administration has been defined by a distinctly militaristic tone and eagerness to export American interests abroad, a development that few would ever have expected of a once military modest Obama.
The U.S. President’s pledge to close Guantanamo Bay by the end of 2009 has become a mockery, with the Cuba-based torture facility still alive and kicking. Only now has he conceded he should have closed down the detention center on day one of his tenure. At an event in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Obama excused himself with the remark that once the politics of the process got tough, “the path of least resistance was just to leave it open, even though it’s not who we are as a country and it’s used by terrorists around the world to help recruit jihadists.”
Along similar lines, despite Mr. Obama’s criticism of the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq, US diplomatic and military intrusion has been ubiquitous during his presidency, from Syria to Ukraine and back to Iraq. But no expansion has been greater than the burgeoning presence of the US Army in Africa, where it is embroiled in no fewer than 90% of the continent’s 54 countries, according to independent research published by TomDispatch. Mr. Obama seems to have been overcome by the over-intervening, ends-justifies-the-means attitude to foreign affairs for which he so skillfully lambasted the administration of predecessor George W. Bush. Worse, this sprawling military presence paves the way for future interventions in the future.
http://original.antiwar.com/david_berggren/2015/03/23/us-meddling-in-nigeria-going-overboard/
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