Knew something like this was going to happen when the UAE was involved way too much in the AES (Mali's primary trading partner is the UAE) just wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt

[–] thatsnomayo@lemmy.ml 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I mean it would be pretty amnestic to see them working with one regional subimperialist & think they wouldn't do this when China and Vietnam have done the same. It's part of the same pole as US, Japan, Europe, Aus, RoK, Singapore, this is how the global trade system works. You get crowbar'd into working with imperialists no matter what. Autarky failed, the periphery got left behind. Exception might be DPRK, which was able to make something out of the sacrifice & never rolled back & became a neocolonialist hellhole in any respect.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 10 points 18 hours ago

I have a feeling the DPRK is going to be a lesson for all future anti-imperialist projects.

[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

it's unpopular decision and very unlikely to be appreciated by the population.
it gives legitimatacy to the IS groups.
Burkina Faso will gain nothing from working with the entity, the entity will gain more from it.
this will kill any chance of working with Algeria, Iran or the DPRK.

[–] thatsnomayo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

strongest point but consider they don't have DSA twitter users there
??? IS is not an organic phenomenon created by the political illegitimacy of the Sahel states with their people it's going to be done away with via weapons & development
okay why do you think China & Vietnam have done it? to be assholes? to piss you off?
expecting me to take this seriously is interesting. translate this: https://lecontinental.info/alliance-des-etats-du-sahel-aes-une-dynamique-de-refondation-souverainiste-et-securitaire-en-marche/. okay, algeria has literally shot down drones from mali they do not have a good relationship. yemen & iran work with china all the time. why would they start acting like western leftists and sabotage their diplomatic ties for fun