“Niger has been the linchpin of US and French anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel”
ROLFMAO! Why are the places are full of Jihadists where the US and French operations are?
No jihadists once Wagners take over for some reason.
Team Kabul-Withdrawl is taking their foreign policy excellence to the continent of Africa.
What’s becoming obvious is the U.S.’s increasing loss of strategic respect around the world. Super train wreck in Afghanistan, then the Ukrainian black hole, and now it’s Africa. Next will be Taiwan.
US troops in Niger have been restricted to the American military bases and US embassy in Niger, as the Biden administration works to restore democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum to power.
A US military official said the approximately 1,000 troops were “retrograded” back to base last week, shortly after Bazoum was seized by members of the presidential guard on Wednesday. Another US official confirmed the troops are restricted to the bases and the embassy, but said all of the forces were already at their respective stations when the attempted coup occurred.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/politics/us-troops-niger-american-base/index.html
Why are they there?
“Victoria Nuland...said that the military leaders “understand very well the risks to their sovereignty when Wagner is invited in.””
Says the woman who engineered the DEATH of Ukraine as a viable country. The coup leaders in Niger know just who she is and are laughing their asses off.