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America's $280 Million Military Mission in Niger Ends in Failure
Reason ^ | March 19, 2024 | Matthew Petti

Posted on 03/20/2024 7:28:39 AM PDT by Twotone

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To: Twotone

Obama fails again


21 posted on 03/20/2024 8:13:42 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Twotone
America's $280 Million Military Mission in Niger Ends in Failure

GloboHomos Go Home!

22 posted on 03/20/2024 8:13:43 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Army Air Corps
It is Africa. Just put some cash in the back pocket of the new leader and you’ll keep the base.

Nope, Nigerians have gotten smarter than that.

They know having "Benevolent" America "Behind" you is suicide.

23 posted on 03/20/2024 8:18:47 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Twotone

Chalk this latest fiasco up as another instance where U.S. meddling turns into a costly and embarrassing debacle. Note we spent U.S. dollars to train Nigerian troops who then used this skill to overthrow the existing government.


24 posted on 03/20/2024 8:23:13 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: cgbg

They do, it’s more economic though. Last summer in Moscow Putin had a big African shindig. I posted a few articles about it and was soundly ridiculed by FR Biden Regime dullards. You should check out the results of that African/Russian summit. Putin made out like a bandit. You’re seeing the results everyday in Africa now. The Frenchies have been given the bum’s rush right off the continent since. We’re getting the same treatment.


25 posted on 03/20/2024 8:25:55 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Twotone

Uncle Stupid pees away another $280 million of borrowed money to push DEI on the Third World.


26 posted on 03/20/2024 8:27:43 AM PDT by Iron Munro
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To: Karl Spooner

They are probably holding out for $150 million. Since it is Niger, there is a good possibility that another junta will displace this one. Then, another junta will overthrow that one, and so on.


27 posted on 03/20/2024 8:44:07 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Twotone

If we leave, we should level it and make it unusable. Knowing the Biden team, they’ll leave the hardware.


28 posted on 03/20/2024 8:45:57 AM PDT by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: cgbg
Educate yourself.

EO 13848 much?

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List

29 posted on 03/20/2024 8:46:02 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: Iron Munro

That is because Uncle Sugar sees us as an ATM. They lose a few hundred million, shrug it off, then propose more taxes for us.


30 posted on 03/20/2024 8:47:52 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: C210N

What does OFAC have to do with this thread?


31 posted on 03/20/2024 8:52:09 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Twotone

The U.S. air base in Niger was first established in 2016, and continued to get built up all through the Trump administration. Trump could have killed it; he didn’t.

Sometimes I think Trump does not fully comprehend what “draining the swamp” ought to mean. It has to mean questioning every single program being run by every single federal agency, and making a budget that defunds billions in appropriations and thousands of operations throughout the federal government.


32 posted on 03/20/2024 8:52:28 AM PDT by Wuli (ena)
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To: butlerweave
--- "Obama fails again"

Agreed wholeheartedly. His hubris at the "fundamental transformation" is evident in so much, as so much of the "transformation" is failing in multiple areas.

33 posted on 03/20/2024 8:53:02 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Wuli

Fair point—you can’t drain the swamp if you delegate the task to Swamp Creatures.


34 posted on 03/20/2024 8:53:59 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

Educate yourself, I said.


35 posted on 03/20/2024 8:55:27 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: C210N

I know what OFAC is.

What I do not know is how it relates to this thread.

If you want to share that information please feel free to do so.


36 posted on 03/20/2024 8:57:47 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Twotone

Let’s get out and stay out with the stipulation if an African nation allies with us and any issues arise for that nation with Niger we will attack Niger without prejudice.

US needs to re-assert “Big Stick” approach.


37 posted on 03/20/2024 8:59:33 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: Twotone

How much equipment will we get to leave behind and how many ‘translators’ will we now gain?


38 posted on 03/20/2024 9:07:18 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: C210N; cgbg

“Educate yourself, I said.”

This often translates to “I’m not even going to bother making an argument, much less explain why the thing I mentioned is even relevant to the matter at hand.”


39 posted on 03/20/2024 9:23:49 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: LeonardFMason

Do we get to air-drop rainbow flags on them?

;-)


40 posted on 03/20/2024 9:27:19 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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