US conducts covert wars and undisclosed operations across Africa and Yemen
Evidence
Secrecy attracts people who like to get away with things. … Secrecy enables war’s infinite series of atrocities, some small, some huge. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: U.S. covert support in Central America produced blowback against the United States.; US military presence in Africa grew from hundreds to up to eleven thousand troops; US military trainers and CIA have entrenched covert presence across East Africa (+1 more)
Related
- US military trainers and CIA have entrenched covert presence across East Africa (similarity 0.83)
- Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales. (similarity 0.81)
- U.S. military operations in Africa exceed publicly disclosed scope (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- US military trainers and CIA have entrenched covert presence across East Africa
#exemplifies(0.85) - Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales.
#expands(0.50) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233