DISGUSTING: Barracks built for French legionnaires, a French naval base, a US military base, and an enormous military airport for Western and allied air-forces. A small Muslim country, one million inhabitants, has for years basically made a living from being some sort of a service station for foreign legions and regular combat troops. Its only claim to fame is that it allows foreigners to control the Red Sea; that it is at the doorsteps of Somalia and Yemen, helping to keep pressure on Eritrea, and keeping an eye on Ethiopia. In the meantime, garbage dots the desert, from the border with Somaliland, to the center of the city. The omnipresent Western military presence seems to have almost no positive impact on the country; Djibouti has one of the lowest HDI (UNDP Human Development Index) in the world, 151th out of the 178 countries surveyed. More than half of the population is unemployed and about half is illiterate. The average life expectancy in Djibouti is 43 years of age. counterpunch.org/2013/10/04/total-militarized-lunacy/
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 17:35:09 +0000
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