Isn’t anyone asking what we were doing there in the first place? Was it to oversee the mining of uranium and production of yellowcake in Niger? Was it to get a cut of the gemstone mining in the Central African Republic? Was it to unsure the instability of the Arab-African divide in Chad? Was it in preparation for bombing desert southern Libya? Was it an effort to rename Oagadougou? Was it to give Special Forces something to do? The curious want to know why we spent $100 million for a base in the middle of nowhere in a nation that has only uranium to thank for its importance.
Well, no, since the time to ask such a question would have been before the U.S. established a base in Niger. But, look, the GAE has never felt that it needed to explain why it does any of what it does, has it? And why is that? My guess is that it's because, for some decades now, the American people have never bothered to demand any such explanations.
But, hey, that's "representative democracy" for you. It's a little late to complain now, I think. All we can do now is sit back, bring out the popcorn, and watch the GAE sh*t show disintegrate. I'm just glad that our guys are getting out of that sub-Saharan Third World hell-hole.