The second-most popular link this week was to Tom's new article in Esquire about Africom, The Americans Have Landed. Links:
+ The Huffington Post linked the story, almost in wire-fashion, and created a lot of traffic.
+ Warfare 2050 (mentioned the article, but didn't have the link yet)
+ Baudrillard's Bastard
+ The Blue Herald
+ American Footprints (6/13)
+ Cowboy J
+ Africa Media didn't like the story.
+ Chris Floyd linked it with an ideological axe to grind.
+ And, just in, Foreign Policy has it on their reading list.

+ 5GW has a major post on Tom's thinking called On the Barnettian 5GW. Therein, Curtis coins the term 'Barnettian paradox'.

+ Lexington Green mentioned Tom quite a few times in his Article Roundup.
+ jDub‚Ñ¢ posts a semi book report on PNM.
+ InsideDefense mentioned Tom, but it's subscription only. Here's the excerpt from Google: 'Other defense observers, such as author Thomas Barnett, have previously disputed this line of thinking, likening it to trumped-up estimates of Soviet power...'
+ MountainRunner linked AFRICOM as embryonic DoEE.
+ ArtLung Blog linked No divided loyalties, no permanent friends.
+ Valley of the Shadow linked One Leviathan, many SysAdmins.
+ Wolf Pangloss linked Great piece on Iran’s economic collapse, despite all the oil wealth.
+ International Consortium on Religion, Culture, and Dialogue linked yesterday's column.

What was most popular? Stay tuned!