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Niger breaks off military cooperation with US, as junta moves closer to Russia (www.scmp.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why would anyone in a military conflict ally with the US anymore if all it takes is a couple corrupt dipshits in Congress to leave them all completely defenseless during their time of need.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why should the US have any involvement with a conflict in the middle of africa?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same reasons as EU, Russia, and China. Global economic/military partners rather than global competition/enemies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Lmao is that why the US's entire existence is built on invasions, coups, sanctions and genocides in countries on completely different continents for not being subservient to its capitalist government?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

US' entire existence is built on its intellectual capital.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

You mean on the intellectual capital of the nazi scientists US brought over after WW2?