Posted on 05/02/2024 8:49:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
The US military has withdrawn troops from a French military base in Chad after the country demanded they leave last month, a Pentagon spokesperson and other sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday.
More than half of the US troops stationed at the French military base in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, have now left the country and relocated to Germany.
CNN previously reported that fewer than 100 US troops were stationed in Chad, most of them as part of the US’ Special Operations Task Force, an important hub for US Special Operations Forces in the region.
The Special Operations Task Force was previously based in Germany before moving to Chad in 2021.
“We can confirm the safe and orderly relocation of approximately 60 US forces from Chad to Germany where they will continue their work,” Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Pete Nguyen told CNN on Wednesday. “This temporary step is part of an ongoing review of our security cooperation, which will resume after the May 6 Presidential election.”
The withdrawal was completed on Tuesday, Nguyen said.
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I read where the Russians are replacing the French in Africa. Or displacing.
Yep..................
First Niger and now Chad. Biden is 0-2..................
When you have nothing to offer, folks don’t want you around.
The French have been running what amounts to a colonial empire in north/central Africa, comprising several African nations, for years and years. The French have military bases there and control the economies by controlling the currencies, banking deposits, etcetera.
(France is still a BIG TIME colonial power, under disguise but it is wide-spread)
Now the Russians are moving into the area. First to go: USA forces. It would not be surprising if the French get kicked out too..
..I read where the Russians are replacing the French in Africa. Or displacing....”
Right - and/or China
Another foreign policy success from the ignorant asses in DC.
Africa has incredible mineral wealth, but its population is poisonous to Western civilization.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20240420-chad-is-not-a-slave-who-wants-to-change-masters-says-president
The ChiComs and Russians are carving the continent up between them.
What special operation was the US running in Chad?
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That band of defacto French colonies in Equatorial Africa has made big moves already. It’s amazing how France still quietly ran those places as colonies under the radar. Traditionally that meant French military intervention. I’m not sure they could pull that off today without enraging their migrant population at home. And Macron thinks a war in Ukraine is important although it would be a cost center rather than a source of profit for France like the African colonies.
Lot’s of moving parts over there.
It will work out as well for them as it has for everyone else.
Why? Why? Why?
Did the US ever need to station troops in Chad?
It’s a case of a hammer looking for a nail.
One of the classic problems we have, is that we build bases. The Chinese show up and build roads, dams, etc. The Chinese are not altruistic, but they are much smarter and more of a chess nation than checkers playing DC.
yeah.
well, if Chad kicks France out they’ll have Russia as their master
could be better for Chad but if I were them I wouldn’t count on it. They probably don’t know either. Sometimes you try something new and just hope it works out for the better.
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