We need community engagement, not US troops, to combat terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel
There simply is no military-only, or even military-centered, solution to ridding West Africa and the Sahel from terrorism.
There simply is no military-only, or even military-centered, solution to ridding West Africa and the Sahel from terrorism.
The former vice president also doesn’t have much to say about the Obama administration’s foreign policy failures.
The number of extremist groups in North Africa have only grown as the U.S. military presence there has expanded.
To create peace and stability in other nations, we must elevate their people to prosperity, instead of crushing them.
The rhetorical power of using ‘defeat’ as a shorthand comes with dangers that are likely best avoided by adopting the clarity of simply stating the desired objective.
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