No, leave Africa to the Africans. They wanted to remove white rule. Let ‘em stew in their own juices. Whites died to make something of Africa and now we are supposed to lose our lives saving the wreck? Mugabe was their blue eyed boy and they can keep him.
I have a particular fondness for Ethiopia after they did our bidding by smashing Al Qaeda in neighboring Somalia, so I'd be all for helping Ethiopia if they needed us...
...and I'd put forth that criteria above as the "Bright Line" for U.S. military intervention. Which is to say, if an African country is shedding their blood on our behalf, then absolutely we help them should they ever need it.
Zimbabwe, though nominally against Al Qaeda, would hardly meet that test today.
Yes Yes. And meanwhile, we should offer asylum to all white rhodesians and south africans.