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Security & Strategic Review - March 2014 (ISSN 1741-4202)
US-REGION: A general’s candour in a sea of uncertainty
It is not usual for a high-ranking military commander to report to his country’s legislature that he is unable to meet his operational objectives because he is not given the means to do so. Yet that is just what General John Kelly, head of the US Southern Command (Southcom), did when he delivered his posture statement to congressional committees in recent weeks. The objective he was unable to meet was to halt the flow of cocaine from South America to the US. Indirectly he also drew attention to just how little is known for certain about this flow.
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