*Strike One was AOC's standing up for the junta in Bolivia, and joining* *the propaganda chorus against the Venezuelan government (for which* *she won some praise on Fox News).*
*So much for the "left wing" of the Democratic Party....* *MCM* *First Somali Congressperson Legitimizes AFRICOM and US Drone War * <https://blackagendareport.com/first-somali-congressperson-legitimizes-africom-and-us-drone-war> <https://blackagendareport.com/first-somali-congressperson-legitimizes-africom-and-us-drone-war> *https://blackagendareport.com/first-somali-congressperson-legitimizes-africom-and-us-drone-war* <https://blackagendareport.com/first-somali-congressperson-legitimizes-africom-and-us-drone-war> Tunde Osazua and Netfa Freeman <https://blackagendareport.com/author/Tunde%20Osazua%20and%20Netfa%20Freeman> 13 May 2020 [image: First Somali Congressperson Legitimizes AFRICOM and US Drone War] <https://blackagendareport.com/sites/default/files/2020-05/Freeman_845x400.jpeg> First Somali Congressperson Legitimizes AFRICOM and US Drone War Rep. Omar recently commended the US war machine for increasing the “transparency” and “accountability” of its bombing of her native country. *“Instead of this being an asset to expose AFRICOM and to the decolonization Africa, Rep. Omar validates the role of AFRICOM.”* United States representatives, no matter their racial or ethnic backgrounds, appear unable to perceive the inherent white supremacy in the notion that the US has some altruistic responsibility to police the continent of Africa with military troops and supervisors. As a result, "people of color," such as the Somali-"American" Congresswoman IIhan Omar provide political and moral cover to the presence of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the dubious claims about “US interests” on the continent. Only an erasure of brutal European colonization from history and its “Scramble for Africa” to steal her rich mineral resources and vast tracts of arable land can justify giving heirs of European colonialism a role of benevolence. AFRICOM is the colonization of Africa by the U.S. and constitutes the new scramble for Africa tantamount to when, in the 1800s, the colonial powers fought over which of them would dominate which parts of the resource rich continent. It is a strange but illuminating irony that AFRICOM’s most intense drone war is in Somalia and that the U.S. Congress has its first House representative of Somali origin. Instead of this being an asset to expose AFRICOM and to the decolonization Africa, Rep. Ilhan Omar validates the role of AFRICOM. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W-BwvBH1T%2BKHA51j1cD1c_9pwHr9NhE0EdEb_R9iDewRA%40mail.gmail.com.
