A blog item in American Thinker has made headlines in Zimbabwe, the once-prosperous African nation led by extreme leftist Robert Mugabe, notorious for expropriating white farmers and giving their land to his supporters. Formerly a food exporter, Zimbabwe in recent years has been rocked by severe food shortages.The government-controlled newspaper The Herald, published an article prominently featuring AT:UNITED States President George Bush has approved the formation of a US army to permanently operate in Africa, a move viewed by many as part of a wide plan to increase American hegemony on Africa.  [emphasis in original]The army called the US African Command, was approved by Mr Bush on February 2, 2007 and US$50 million was last week injected in the project that should see the army being fully operational by 2008.Navy Rear Admiral Robert Moellar, previously the special assistant to the commander of US Central Command is heading the transitional team tasked to establish the army.In...(Read Full Post)