Niger Blasts NATO’s Global Narrative Wide Open

Strategic Culture ^ | August 10, 2023 | Declan Hayes

[TheConservator]

Nothing like an unslanted narrative!

[MarMema]

A lot of them are barely eating, most live in complete poverty, while France makes good money on uranium or gold.

[mewzilla]

I suspect this has more to do with China than France.

Just a hunch.

[mewzilla]

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If Niger is trying to protect itself from various foreign Deep States, I'm on Niger's side.

[ansel12]

C.I.A. Drone Mission, Curtailed by Obama, Is Expanded in Africa Under Trump
“Late in his presidency, Barack Obama sought to put the military in charge of drone attacks after a backlash arose over a series of highly visible strikes, some of which killed civilians. The move was intended, in part, to bring greater transparency to attacks that the United States often refused to acknowledge its role in.

But now the C.I.A. is broadening its drone operations, moving aircraft to northeastern Niger to hunt Islamist militants in southern Libya. The expansion adds to the agency’s limited covert missions in eastern Afghanistan for strikes in Pakistan, and in southern Saudi Arabia for attacks in Yemen.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/09/world/africa/cia-drones-africa-military.html

The Presence of Lethal U.S. Drones in Niger is Expanding
“President Barack Obama transferred responsibility for drone attacks from the CIA to the U.S. military, in part in response to civilian casualties, and in part to manage better the public relations aspect of what are supposed to be clandestine operations. President Trump reversed that decision at the urging of then-CIA director Mike Pompeo in 2017. Now, it would appear that both the CIA and AFRICOM are, or are about to be, operating lethal drone strikes from bases in Niger.”
https://www.cfr.org/blog/presence-lethal-us-drones-niger-expanding

[JonPreston]

Until a clearer picture develops, I suspect France and others want Africia’s natural resources for free, or bargain basement cost, extracted by native, slave labor.

[BobL]

“Niger’s coup leaders believe they must first rid the region of the French and American military and then boot out their fifth columnists in the military, the media and the and the NGOs.”

Say what one wants to about the Bell Curve, but the coup leader in Niger are FAR SMARTER than most Westerners, who are absolutely CLUELESS as to what these organizations are doing to their countries.

[ptsal]

bkmk

[Sertorius]

Maybe this is Russia’s attempt to draw the West’s attention away from the “Ukraine front”

[Mashood]

When the slavetraders were selling their slaves...they weren’t selling their best and brightest.

[himno hero]

Almost all of Africa is goverened by tribal based politics. That means that today’s chief wants, personal control and use of the nation’s capital. With that, the people still get poverty and squalor.

The current bitch is they want to maximize profits, THEIR profits now that they have an understanding of resource values. It’s about their cash, not the nation’s.

[yldstrk]

If France and America are taking Africa’s natural resources, this needs to stop.

[griswold3]

Uganda finds huge gold reserves.
Whatever happened to Libyas gold after Gaddafi ?

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Nothing like an unslanted narrative!"

It is a fair observation. Strategic Culture Foundation is a Moscow-based "think tank," according to simple research.

But, with respect, in the moment, I think those of us skeptical of much and taking little at face value, find it difficult to imagine there is an "unslanted narrative" anyway.

[nuconvert]

“Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a recent well-balanced Russia Today article NATO censorship precludes me from linking to, has spelled out the reasons why this current French economic exploitation cannot prevail; a system whereby France takes over 95% of the profits and leaves Niger with less than 5% of their own wealth is simply not sustainable”

And these percentages aren’t exaggerated at all? I mean, the source is Prigozhin and Russia Today. And Russia would never think of stealing Niger’s treasures, right?

[tlozo]

Yes, lets all read Declan Hayes book: Hitler's Jewish Golfers: Zionism's Irish Face

Hitler's Jewish Golfers: Zionism's Irish Face Declan Hayes

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https://books.google.com/books/about/Hitler_s_Jewish_Golfers.html?id=anPZywEACAAJ

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The Globalists got rid of Gaddahfi because he wanted a United States of Africa that would have lifted the region up from poverty and secured all of their natural resources. He vowed if he were dead, Europe would be flooded with sub-Saharan savages and it’s happening now.

[inchworm]

All nato has done is make it easier for the mussies to expand in Africa.

[hardspunned]

This is from the final communique of the Russia Africa Summit last month. The Russians are mobilizing the just anti colonial outrage in Africa. I would think the Biden regime would support reparations to Africa. They support reparations here.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 28./TASS/. Russia and African nations will seek compensation for African states for the damage caused by colonialism, and the return of the cultural treasures removed by colonizers, says the Declaration of the Second Russia-Africa Summit.

[The Russian Federation and African States have agreed to] “Contribute to completing the decolonization process in Africa and work to ensure compensation for the economic and humanitarian damage inflicted on African States by colonial policies, including the restitution of cultural property displaced in the process of colonial plundering,” the document said.

They also intend to “Work together to counter manifestations of neo-colonial policies that aim to undermine the sovereignty of States, deprive them of the freedom to make their own decisions, and plunder their natural resources,” the document stressed.