Pentagon to Train a Sharper Eye on Africa

"The creation of the new command will be more than an exercise in shuffling bureaucratic boxes, experts say. The US government's motives include countering Al Qaeda's known presence in Africa, safeguarding future oil supplies, and competing with China, which has been courting African governments in its own quest for petroleum, they suggest." The Two-Camp Theory pits state capitalists who don't lie against those who do.