Pentagon to Create New Military Command for Africa

"The U.S. military assigns responsibility for specific parts of the world to regional commands, such as Central Command, which handles the Middle East , Central Asia and Horn of Africa. Responsibility for Africa is now divided among three commands -- European Command, Central Command and Pacific Command." ( Washington Post) Further proof of America 's transmogrification into an empire, methinks. I wonder how we?d all feel if the Chinese or North Koreans set up new military command hierarchies for, say, California, Alaska or Hawaii? The Mexican government already has one for Texas and Arizona .