Any thoughts on this theory about the Niger coup? (threadreaderapp.com)

submitted 1 year ago by LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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While I very much sympathise with the stance of always suspecting the USA first and foremost whenever anything happens in geopolitics, I'm not sure if I credit it with this much competence.

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[-] ProbablyKaffe@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 year ago

The situation in Niger has been brewing for years. The French military has been bombing civilians in their "anti-terror" operation. Nigeriens are waving Russian flags because the Russians are actually good at fighting the insurgents and protecting civilians at the same time. In fact, France's actions have been making the situation in the Sahel WORSE!

I doubt the USA has much to do with this coup. The reality is that Neocolonial armies are ripe with contradictions, and one of the outbursts of that is a military mutiny in defense of the exploited masses, as we have seen with Burkina Faso, Libya, Cuba, and Venezuela.

[-] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks. In your opinion, are there any imperialist powers supporting the Jihadists?

[-] ProbablyKaffe@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes the Jihadists are the same people who crashed Libya for the US and France. As well as Syria. The armies of these Sahel countries have been crafted as puppets to defend specifically French and American property in Northern Africa.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/19/is-this-the-end-of-the-french-project-in-africas-sahel/