Posted on 09/24/2024 10:58:05 PM PDT by Angelino97
Recently, after over two decades of an unnecessary U.S. military presence in Niger, the U.S. finally withdrew from the West African country. I, for one, never believed we should have been there in the first place and warned our presence was doing more harm than good. Congress never authorized sending troops to Niger. Last year, I was right to demand their withdrawal. Why waste our money and risk our troops’ lives for a hostile country?
In over a decade, civilian lives were lost, U.S. service members were killed, millions of taxpayer dollars were spent, and we have nothing to show for it. So, what exactly did we do in Niger? I repeat: Congress never voted to send troops there. Congress never authorized the use of military force there. Yet, on multiple occasions, U.S. forces in Niger had to engage with hostile groups and, sadly, American lives were lost.
On October 4, 2017, four U.S. soldiers—Sergeant 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson, Staff Sergeant Bryan Black, Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright, and Sergeant La David Johnson—were ambushed and killed while on a mission near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger.
This tragic incident was the largest loss of life for U.S. forces in Africa since the 1993 Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia. At the time, the New York Times reported, in a piece called “An Endless War,” that two senior senators, a Republican and a Democrat, both of whom are still serving, knew little of the American military presence in Niger.
They were surprised because Congress had abdicated its constitutional war-making power to the executive branch. They were surprised because Congress is content to allow the President to sidestep the Constitution and unilaterally deploy U.S. forces anywhere in the world, for any reason, by citing a limitless interpretation of the 9/11 AUMF.
(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...
I only learned we had troops in Niger this year, when I listened to a podcast that talked about the venture. My guess is that the mainstream media is too busy bashing Trump to talk about what we are doing in Africa.
Niger was a Bush/Cheney deal based on false information about Niger selling uranium to Iraq.
Our letter agencies rushed to foment unrest and set up shop/shell companies/money schemes as they’ve been doing for years now.
And the nation has nothing to show for the trouble even as our citizens die unnecessarily and letter agencies make money off it.
That’s not accurate no offense as to why we were there
We were there with the French to combat the rise of Islamic State and Al Qaeda and boko haram and other jihadi fundie factions there
Mostly special forces and drones and dozens of small engagements including one we lost four men
A coup took place last year by the military and the French soon left and now we are
Niger was part of the whole Western Sahara theatre of the WOT including Mali and Mauritania and Chad
That’s a very brief skinny
It kills me much the U.S. fritters away money and soldiers lives in these endless endeavors around the globe.
That endless endeavor is to rescue “Western Civilization”.
A class I took, not realizing (at the time) Islam was murdering and taking over the civilized world.
THis will come as a great surprise to Harris, who thinks we have no troops in overseas theatres of engagement.
Ryderann thinks “ Niger was a Bush/Cheney deal based on false information about Niger selling uranium to Iraq.” Post 3
Wardaddy thinks “ That’s not accurate no offense as to why we were there
We were there with the French to combat the rise of Islamic State and Al Qaeda and boko haram and other jihadi fundie factions there
Mostly special forces and drones and dozens of small engagements including one we lost four men
A coup took place last year by the military and the French soon left and now we are
Niger was part of the whole Western Sahara theatre of the WOT including Mali and Mauritania and Chad
That’s a very brief skinny”
If either of these are true then what of what Rand Paul says in the article and should we stay and put more oomph into it?
“ Niger and the surrounding region, our interventions have been counterproductive, destabilizing, and helped create the conditions for Islamic extremism to prosper”.
I can certainly understand how BIDEN would screw things up...
I watched the video of the chase and deaths after the incident. It was recovered from the body of one of the deceased by their pursuers who uploaded it to the web. IIRC, it was about 45 minutes long.
I think there is also drone footage out there. My thought was “why are we there? Oh, probably lithium.”
Any overseas deployments to hotspots should be exclusively for trannies.
Not lithium. Uranium yellowcake.
His staff has decided not to allow Joe to make any public statements on the situation out of fear about how he will pronounce the country's name.
So we’re defending Africa from Islamic invasion while opening Europe and America’s borders?
“In over a decade, civilian lives were lost, U.S. service members were killed, millions of taxpayer dollars were spent, and we have nothing to show for it. So, what exactly did we do in Niger? I repeat: Congress never voted to send troops there. Congress never authorized the use of military force there. Yet, on multiple occasions, U.S. forces in Niger had to engage with hostile groups and, sadly, American lives were lost.”
There goes Rand Paul; using common sense again. How dare we not insert ourselves in every backwater country on the earth?
That endless endeavor is to rescue “Western Civilization”.
They need to “rescue” it here and in Europe, first.
The border is becoming the least of our worries.
The Blaze is reporting that Soros has bought 200 radio station—with foreign money—just before the election.
(With FCC speedy approval, of course).
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