Botswana VP Gaborone: the African Union should be united in rejecting AFRICOM.
"...America has bases in as diverse countries as South Korea, Germany, Japan and Eastern Europe.
He said in those places, not only do the marines terrorise their supposed hosts; they go as far as to rape and sexually abuse women.
“It’s all a result of arrogance,” he said...."
The Botswana National Front Vice President, Olebile Gaborone, is set to further divide African lawmakers at the Pan African Parliament scheduled for next month when he presents a motion calling on the continent to reject the setting up of the United States military bases in Africa (AFRICOM).
Speaking to The Sunday Standard, Gaborone said the African Union should be united in rejecting AFRICOM.
He said allowing the Americans to set up bases in Africa is the surest way of inviting Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the continent.
Botswana is a frontrunner in a list of potential hosts to the American military bases planned for Africa.
Gaborone says, contrary to some views that Botswana stands to benefit were the country to host the American army, not only will the country become a target of Islamists attacks and hatred it will also become a pawn in the global grand scheme by America to dominate and manipulate the entire world.
“Let us not create reasons for Al-Qaeda to attack us,” said Gaborone.
He said by hosting the Americans, Botswana will become an inseparable partner of the increasing American unilateralist agenda and arrogance.
“We should not forget that world terrorism is increased by the United States’ attitude of bullying and attacking anyone and everyone they do not like,” said Gaborone.
Focusing on Botswana, Gaborone said the United States military personnel are notorious for terrorising their hosts the world over.
America has bases in as diverse countries as South Korea, Germany, Japan and Eastern Europe.
He said in those places, not only do the marines terrorise their supposed hosts; they go as far as to rape and sexually abuse women.
“It’s all a result of arrogance,” he said.
He said the Law Enforcement Agency set up in Otse with assistance of America has already earned Botswana a lot of suspicion among its African peers.
He said it is well known the world over that the Americans would never do anything for nothing.
“They will always want something in return,” he said.
Recently, President Festus Mogae said his government had been approached by the Americans with regard to AFRICOM. Mogae said they had asked the Americans to make a few clarifications.
Mogae conceded that admitting the military base has its own advantages as shown in other African countries with higher Muslim populations who lobbied their governments to resist American pressure.
Source: Sunday standard