Burkina troops start to arrive in Niger. A reminder why they fight: against the neocolonial CFA franc monetary system, which is as big an oppression as enforced underdevelopment or vast mineral resource extraction. Everything’s been vacuum extracted out of Africa — mineral, natural resource, humans, wealth and future. A new young generation is willing to fight now… no amount of threats, intimidation tactics, sanctions, mobilization of “international community” and other mafia tactics work anymore. What do they have to lose?!!

The combined 80M Juntas population of Niger-Burkina-Mali are shoulder to shoulder and willing to fight. They have the numbers, moral and home ground… against a dying paradigm out of rationale, energy, stormtroopers, morale and fig leaf.. As in the Ukraine, they bark and scream as they circle the drain, being irreversibly flushed down the toilet of History. Africa is firmly becoming out of reach and out of control

Agadez, Niger, around which are consolidating western forces, may be 950km or so away from the restive capital Niamey, but it is even more inland, closer to the Sahara, and more difficult to evac from without aircraft… a desert Dien Bien Phu, or more relevant a new “Al Tanf” squatting hole, from where it hopes to marshal and send out its desert proxies…. But this is unlikely as sustainable, as surrounded with even more hostiles than Syria and faaaar inland. Except for Benin, every neighboring country is hostile or has hostile provinces at border…

Current theories behind US moves:
(1) repositioning as expect fallout soon from decapitation attempt of Junta
(2) leaving to force out Frenchie too
(3) leaving as fear great ongoing mobilization of Nigerien polity, masses and militias in nation of 26M – delegitimizing all occupying westerners
(4) getting out to avoid association with Frenchie, “a bleeding shark” who is toxic throughout Sahel atm

As Empire never concedes a defeat or abandons a base, all these are transient steps with planned return in near future…

More on US rollback in Niger.

US to cut military presence in Niger – Politico

“The US has begun “repositioning” the troops it has in Niger and plans to cut their number “nearly in half” over the next several weeks, Politico reported on Friday citing two Defense Department officials.

Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters on Thursday that some of the troops stationed at the airport in Niamey have already redeployed to the smaller base in Agadez, about 500 miles (739 km) away. 

As part of the move, the US will also reduce the overall number of troops in Niger from around 1,200 to somewhere between 500 and 1,000, one official told Politico.”

https://www.rt.com/africa/582615-pentagon-niger-reduction-troops/

(the guitarist in second video had the GOOD stuff, lol, may be still hasn’t landed)

Eh Sudhi! But all this is too relaxing! We have time to enjoy this AFTER the war. atm we’re in the trenches and need to be pumped up or hear the pep talks….

Niger.

It is unclear atm whether the US spread the news of wanting to kill the Niger Junta leaders, picked up by the Russian foreign Intel, alerting the Nigeriens, leading to the current motion, itself guaranteed to evict Frenchie as cannot stay without ecowas AND USA cover. Both USA and Russians want to get Frenchie for very different reasons. Or their arrogant meddling could have been picked up due to good luck, with resultant ongoing panicked fallout. Time will tell.

Regardless, there appears a full retreat while the Foreign Ministry functionaries keep mum and whistle about staying forever.

West Africa is the fourth arena the sheer impotence of Empire is exhibited, after Syraq, Afghan, and 404.

Exactly, the transition period of the Juntas need to be extended as long as possible, until stability returns in the global commons, the risible demands of the west requiring a return of compradore democracy be damned. Note the ostensible mission of the US ambassador to Chad was for the return of their democracy; the harangue of French and ECOWAS to Niger is the return of “[western-style] constitutional government” built on acceptable democracy. iow, the game is rigged, the local compradores are part of the Big Club in which commoners have no part.

Fortunately, the extreme flux and danger and anxiety of the international moment forces local leaders with a modicum of self-preservation to wrap themselves within the larger fabric of their people. They can’t trust the West, not because they hate it or do not want to join it or avail themselves of its immense corrupt offices, but they see it is being incinerated in 404 and clearly listing and going down. Only good governance and being “good Tyrants” in MH’s definition offers salvation for the storm that has already arrived. African elites are no better than Western ones. But most will be forced by circumstances of their current predicament to behave themselves and finally become good stewards of their people. “… Hang together or hang separately …”

The entire West is throwing a hissy fit and stinks of desperation. Vicious Vicky was busy in 404, so they sent the US Ambassador to the UN. Chad is heating up. But they are overextended, out of time and luck. Too many angry and disgusted escapees from their global gulag. All cannot be killed and at this point they lack any fig leaf or even basic charm.