An interesting news article from today shows that U.S. military/Government now has a new financial interest in an increasingly strategic part of the
world. West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, where the article claims an oil boom could outpace Persian Gulf exports to America within a decade. The US
claims there is great concern that this region is vulnerable to piracy, political instability and
terrorism. And now the US coast guard is
helping secure this area.
Full Article Link
SAO TOME, Sao Tome and Principe - Far from home, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter plows its white bow through the seas of West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea,
where an oil boom could outpace Persian Gulf exports to America in a decade.
The ship’s presence here is a sign of U.S. military and financial interest in an increasingly strategic part of the world — one American officials
say is vulnerable to piracy, political instability and terrorism.
The potential dangers are clear with 3,000 miles of virtually unpoliced coastline that’s home to billions of dollars in U.S. oil industry investment
alone.
Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Trott, a strategy specialist for U.S. Naval Forces Europe, whose area of responsibility includes most of Africa. “And where
there’s a lack of security, there’s an opportunity for bad actors to show up.”
There is much more in the above linked full article.. a good read!
Protecting oil interests from political instability and
terrorism.
Sound familiar?
