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----- Original Message -----
From: Dr. Valentine Ojo <val-@md.metrocast.net>
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Fw: [GlobalAfricanPresence] Voluntary Re-Colonization of Ghana to
Be Strengthened With US Military Base]
------ Original Message -----
From: Kenneth King
To: globalafric-@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:29 AM
Subject: [GlobalAfricanPresence] Voluntary Re-Colonization of Ghana to Be
Strengthened With US Military Base
Power has been taken from a stubborn tyrant state and
now given to a puppet state.
Mek we celebrate?
Voluntary Re-Colonization of Ghana to Be Strengthened
With US Military Base
There is an African proverb which says that, "truth is
like pregnancy. You can not hide it for ever. It will
eventually get exposed". The agenda of building US
military base(s) in Ghana has now been exposed.
Months gone by a number of our Ghanaians drowned on
the Volta Lake when they were forcibly removed from a
forest reserve they called home. The reasons that the
State gave to the Ghanaian public, at the time of
tragedy was that, the victims were cutting down trees
in the forest reserve. Not much was done for the
survivors by our Government. Ghanaweb users
contributed to the victims' cause by donating monies
to help them deal with their afflictions. My thanks to
citizens who helped raise donations and donated to the
cause.
Contrary to the official version of the event, certain
citizens leaked disturbing information, which alleged
that the Ghanaian government was planning to use the
area to build forward bases for the US military.
Equally troublingly is the fact that, the Afram Plains
is the nation's breadbasket. It stretches along some
of the most fertile lands needed for food production.
Why Afram plains many might ask? The reason is simply.
It will be ideal for military bases. The bases will
easily have access to fresh water, via the Volta Lake.
The Afram Plains is a flat land, which makes it a
suitable environment for the construction of
airstrips. There are no hills or forests to hide
enemies, whether real or imaginary. The lake serves as
an easy and reliable route to transport heavy
munitions, personnel and vital supplies such as food
to the bases. From what this writer has read and seen
the US military plans to open up an entrance, via
Volta Region and Ada, for their frigates and other
small to medium naval vessels.
The government of Ghana did deny and still denies
that, there are any such plans for the US forces in
Ghana. It must also be taken into account that, in
years gone by, several top US military personnel have
visited Ghana in quick succession. Are these
visitations a twist of fate or coincidence?
Unfortunately for our government, its attempt to
shield the truth from the Ghanaian public was exposed
by recent interviews granted by US military officials
and strategist who are now openly talking about
building bases in Senegal, Uganda, Ghana, Djibouti,
Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. In one such
interviews, which was reported by the Insight
newspaper, one official stated that, "The United
States of America is seriously considering the
establishment of a military base in Ghana for the sole
purpose of protecting its access to West African oil."
Marine General James L. Jones, Head of the US European
Command, who made the disclosure said the Pentagon was
seeking to acquire access to two kinds of bases in
Senegal, Ghana, Mali and Kenya and other African
Countries (Source: The Centre for Research on
Globalization. (CRG) is an independent research and
media group of writers, scholars and activists. It is
a registered non profit organization in the province
of Quebec, Canada).
The major risks associated with hosting US military
installation include terrorist attacks, the
destruction of national culture and more direct US
control over the lives of their hosts. Tamale Airport,
according to speculation is to be turned into a US air
force base if current consultations are concluded."
(Source: The Centre for Research on Globalization
(CRG) is an independent research and media group of
writers, scholars and activists. It is a registered
non profit organization in the province of Quebec,
Canada).
For those of you who follow world trends, please add
your thought(s) to this issue, and which I feel needs
a national debate. Currently the US buys approximately
15% of its oil from West Africa mainly from Nigeria,
Gabon, Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea. The US plans
to buy at least 30% of its oil from West Africa, which
has vast reserves of unexplored petroleum. We might
have to ask Sir Sam Jonah for more details, as a major
shareholder in Equator Exploration, a major oil
exploration company that owns rights to many of West
Africaâ?Ts oilfields. USAâ?Ts reason is simple. It
needs to reduce its risk of being held hostage by oil
producing countries in the Middle East and Russia; a
reason which makes perfect economic sense. It is also
important to US national security.
Africa is a rising player in the world energy field,
with North African oil and gas flowing mostly into the
EU and rapid rising stocks from West Africaâ?Ts Gulf
of Guinea to North America and Asia. Africa provided
25% of all new oil and gas discoveries in the world in
the last 5 years. Africaâ?Ts 300 billion barrels of
oil will account for a third of the total global oil
production in the next five years adding a whopping
3.5 million barrels per day between 2006 and 2010.
Source: BP review of world energy information. Africa
is awash with oil and world events are now shifting
the spot light onto the continentâ?Ts oil and gas
reserves.
There is also the Indo-Chino effects, as China and
India are now competing with USA for access to energy.
The US is doing exactly what China is doing in places
such as Angola and Sudan, where China is drilling,
transporting and protecting oil facilities for its own
use. Sudan currently supplies China 7% of its daily
oil needs of about 700, 000 barrels a day for which
China has a 24/7 Chinese military presence in Sudan
protecting oil fields and pipelines. The world now
knows that China protects Sudan at the UN, using its
veto to block UN Security Council Resolution on West
Darfur because of access to oil.
We are all aware of problems in the Nigerian oil
producing areas especially in the Delta region. The
situation is not about change any time soon. According
to some predictions, Nigeria will experience the
spasms of a potential civil war as the nation's
general elections come closer. There will be a
bloodbath should different powerful factions decide to
use violence to extort and preserve their power, and
does look more probable so by the day. This unsavoury
situation will affect oil production, availability for
the world. The US knows this, hence, the need for
military bases on the West African subcontinent to
guarantee oil shipments to US and rest of the world.
Where else in West Africa can the US operate its
military base(s) in peace except Ghana? Nigeria is too
unpredictable and Nigerians by nature do not take
kindly to foreign occupation of their land. Other
English-speaking West Africa countries, such as
Liberia and Sierra Leone are too unstable to host
military bases. France will not allow a US base in any
of the former colonies. The France still controls
lives of its former colonies and US bases in former
colonies will be too close for comfort. This leaves
Ghana as the only stable country willing to
accommodate US military bases. At present, the US is
building a new embassy in Cantonments, which is
believed to be the biggest of its kind in Africa. One
of the huge complexes on the site will be the new
African Headquarters and Communication Monitoring
Centre for the Central Intelligence Agency.
At 50, Ghana is still reeling under neo-colonialism.
Decedents of the very citizens who aided the West to
over throw Nkrumah are now helping the US and other
powers to re-colonize us. These traitors parade around
in Armani suits, dine in international hotels, smoke
the best Cuban cigars and binge on the finest whisky.
We now have Western monitors and consultants sitting
in on meetings by senior civil servants, all in the
name of monitoring developmental funding and capacity
building. They tell the nation's policymakers how to
spend our resources, price our primary commodity
exports. They also dictate to us whom we sell our
nation's raw materials and act as agents.
Ghana has a non reciprocal agreement with the US where
on the behest of America, a Ghanaian can be extradited
to face charges in the US. The opposite is the case
when an American citizen commits a crime in Ghana.. By
allowing foreign military bases on our lands, just
think of all the possible crimes these unruly GIs will
get away with.
The question is; will American military be
protecting oil supplies for the good of the world or
solely in America's interest? If the UK, the most
trusted and closest ally of the US has not gained from
US exploitation, how can Ghana? It is against the
backdrop of these stated facts that I oppose any
foreign military base in Ghana.
The US can still protect its oil supplies without
relying on Ghana. After all the USA has always
maintained a naval battle group on the coast of North
Africa, West Africa and South Africa within
international waters since the end of the second world
war; so why can't it continue to maintain this policy
or operate from the joint UK/US base on Diego Garcia?
There are those who will argue that such a base will
create jobs. To them, I say dream on. Temporary manual
jobs are not long term economic opportunities. Others
may say that the US military bases in Japan, South
Korea and Germany helped these countries to develop.
This contrary to the truth, those countries have been
paying hundredâ?Ts of billions to the US in the name
of so called helping to protect those nations from
enemies.
Think of the secret CIA prisons and torture camps
across Europe, Middle East, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco,
Zanzibar, Djibouti and South East Asia. Ghana could
potentially become one of these countries if we allow
the US to build a military base on our territory.
An American military base in Ghana should not be
politicized. We need a national and parliamentary
debate. I am against it period. Algeria has just
recently turned down a request to host the
headquarters for US Military operation in Africa. So
why is our government so eager to allow bases(s) in
Ghana when others are turning away from such
installations?
I might be wrong in my analysis. Let's start a genuine
debate and take it all the way to parliament. In my
estimation, the NPP government is weak and has failed
to weigh the implications that attend hosting military
bases on one's soil.
Wanlov
http://www.wanlov.com
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