US African Command (AFRICOM) announced on Friday that the controversial Nigerien Air Base 201, meant to house US surveillance and combat drones, is now open and operational, and flights began earlier this week.
After an ambush by ISIS against a joint US-Nigerien military patrol, the
US began pushing Niger for permission to fly not just surveillance
drones, but also armed drones. In the panic after the attack, they got
permission, starting the long road to constructing this large base.
And while AFRICOM is championing this as expanding US interests in the
region, they are refusing to provide any indication what sort of US
drones will be based out of the site, saying there are “security
concerns” about that.
A large and expensive project, this is expected to mean a substantial
increase in US drone activity across western Africa, and commit the US
to a long-term presence in Niger.
And the beat goes on.
Air strikes in Libya is hush hush for trump. He knows he has used Libya in campaign mutterings all along. That’s about 2 dozen strikes since 2018. Ok tho, not a “new war” I guess.
I would like to address this popular blather about “inherited wars”. The presidency is something you seek out and obtain voluntarily. All of the problems facing the US, are problems the candidate has volunteered to address in the campaign. Now trump had a rare advantage in electioneering, he never had to make an important decision on record, in his lifetime. So, he could criticize anyone whom had taken on that responsibility, and he applied it in spades.
The current air war in Libya is owned by trump. Hillary, or the “deep state” did not come in, grab his little hand, and make him sign the order. I am figuring that the hopeful dictator that attacked the Libyan provisional government was financed and armed by trump also.
People who cannot face their enemies, are complete and utter COWARDS!!!
…and do not care at all that that is the case. You are dead and they are rich. It’s what politicians do. They get huge woodies watching innocent people die. They gather together to watch national leaders sodomized and drug through the streets and congratulate one another on their wealth and power.