The top U.S. military commander in the Persian Gulf region, General John Abizaid, has said the U.S. military presence in Central Asia should not be viewed as a demonstration of the country’s military dominance, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported. “The presence of the United States’ armed forces in this region is not, in any way, for domination or for what I would call 18th-century power politics,” Abizaid said. “We have a sincere desire to be in the region to attack the problems of terrorism, the narcotics trade, and corruption because these are problems that are international, not the problems of a single state.” Full Story
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