After tens of billions of taxpayer funds, a "new" state owned fossil will emerge with just 20 percent of its previous workforce and a handful of old aircraft. Today SAA claims it has emerged from "business rescue" (BANKRUPTCY!). No flights, pilots not current, bills still outstanding. Let's see how this goes....

Ambassador Michael Battle, former US Ambassador to the African Union joins me for a conversation about our recently published book on U.S. Africa Command. Our book on Africa Command from Stellenbosch University and Routledge is finally in print, though only Bill Gates need order one in hard copy ($160 at Amazon & Walmart)). "Expanding US Military Command in Africa: Elites, Networks and Grand Strategy" Our book on Africa Command from Stellenbosch University and Routledge is finally in print, though only Bill Gates need order one in hard copy ($160 at Amazon & Walmart)). From the introduction: "Chapter 3, by Michael A. Battle, provides the governmental component of our investigation. As a former US ambassador to the African Union, as well as a former military figure, he provides a thorough explanation of the governmental part of the US machinery that provides a threshold for expansion. The chapter outlines the policies that make up a portion of the United States’ grand strategy in relation to other world regions and powers. It enunciates and contextualizes the various executive decisions that shaped and directed US political and security policy from the Bush to the Obama era. Within this chapter, the reader can clearly see the role of elites using their various networks to give meaning and intentionality to various initiatives." "In Chapter 4, William M. Wyatt, one of the founding senior officers in AFRICOM, provides an empirical perspective of the genesis and origins of the US Africa Command. The chapter outlines the rationale for creating AFRICOM from within the US executive branch of government. Most importantly, it provides a clear account of the challenges and opportunities faced by various US elites as they attempted to create the command. Simultaneously, he also addresses a number of controversies and misconceptions surrounding both the genesis and origins of AFRICOM. He attempts to steer the narrative from concerns about imperialism, militarization and accumulation by articulating the de jure domestic and international security concerns that drove the US elites to focus on Africa." https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/expanding-us-military-command-africa-tshepo-gwatiwa-justin-van-der-merwe/e/10.4324/9780429449901 https://smile.amazon.com/Expanding-Military-Command-Africa-Routledge/dp/1138326356/ ----- If you like the content, please take a moment to subscribe to my channel and click on the "bell icon" to ensure you get personal updates from my channel Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKZ0TeWWRB6ejJSgIBNvZQA?view_as=public Become a member if you would like to support the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKZ0TeWWRB6ejJSgIBNvZQA/join Comments are most welcome, discourse is always helpful Learn more ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXDcpAUDgwM

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