Action...

...will have to be taken in Africa soon. No doubt a significance U.S. presence will be there. My position is this will morph into a permanent encampment (read: Base) within the next 4 years.

Peace-keeping is a growth industry in the Dark Continent...and the United States will benefit massively from the incidental presence of plentiful natural resources. Debt and equity issuance can then begin largely unencumbered by massive political risk.

I have called this interest in the antipodes "The Obama Doctrine". Latin America will be included in this as well in terms of financial assistance.