An Islamist rebel in Mali. The cash will try to tackle Islamist threats in parts of Africa

President Barack Obama has promised a new US foreign policy based on "collective action" with allies abroad.

The US would still lead, he told graduates at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, but would avoid the "costly mistakes" of the past.

He announced a $5bn (£3bn) fund to fight global terror and promised the US "must not create more enemies than we take off the battlefield".

Under attack for a weak foreign policy, he hailed progress in Ukraine and Iran.

"Sceptics often downplay the effectiveness of multilateral action. For them, working through international institutions, or respecting international law, is a sign of weakness. I think they're wrong."

The end of the combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of the year would free up resources to tackle emerging threats elsewhere, such as a new $5bn "terrorism partnership fund" to help other countries fight extremists.

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So is this one :I

What mistakes are they avoiding? This is the same bullshit that's happened in the past.

>>3 If I'm reading this right, the future policies are less about directly interfering with what's going on, but rather with using the money saved by pulling soldiers out of Afghanistan to give resources to them to solve their own problems. Kind of like what we did with Britain (up until Pearl Harbor happened and we were pulled into the war); we lent them money and gave military advice without actually sending masses of support troops to fight in the war.

Hopefully that's what it means. Seems like a lot of details are still being worked out.