Somalia: The Pentagon's new 'endless war'?

The Pentagon has been issuing near daily announcements of new strikes against the Islamic militants of Shebab in Somalia, seemingly without affecting the Al-Qaeda affiliate's ability to destabilize the country, in what is looking like a new "endless war" for the United States. The Trump administration's plans to reduce its military presence in Africa while re-centering its efforts toward two key strategic competitors -- China and Russia -- are coming at the expense of French-led operations against jihadists in the Sahel region. "Al-Shebab is one of the biggest threats on the continent; they have aspirations to attack the (US) homeland," General Roger Cloutier, commander of US land forces in Africa, recently declared.

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