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US agrees to withdraw troops from Niger amid Sahel region’s pivot to Russia (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shocked honestly. How many terror groups are they going to leave behind?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a clear indication of just how thinly stretched the burger empire is at this point.

[–] Drstrange2love@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are not able to maintain all their fronts, especially with Ukraine and Israel, it requires a lot of military, financial, intelligence and political resources to maintain. And it's a double-edged sword, the more they try to maintain it, the more things get worse on the domestic front.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, AFRICOM is still not fully established and the Axis of Resistance is making moves now before it gets fully established. It's the weakest dimension of the empire.

[–] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What makes you say that? Is Africa really still in Europe's hands?

[–] PanArab@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 year ago

France is losing its grip

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

The article mentions at least one.