Loading ...US to pull troops out of Niger by mid-September: Pentagon
A group of military leaders executed a coup in Niger last year, forming a military junta government that has geopolitically aligned with Russia. Talks of leaving Niger have lasted weeks, with the timeline finalized Sunday after four days of high-intensity negotiations.
About 1,000 U.S. troops have been stationed in the country for counterterrorism operations against ISIS and al Qaeda affiliated groups.
The withdrawal plan is for most equipment to be airlifted from the country before September, with everything out by midway through the month. Military infrastructure and some items too large to transport will be left to the Nigerien military.
Jeff Childers Covid & Coffee – 05/23/2024
? He’s Bidening it up again. The Hill ran a story yesterday headlined, “US to pull troops out of Niger by mid-September: Pentagon.” We are leaving behind a brand-new, $100 million dollar military base, since the Nigerian government has decided to go with Putin.
Biden’s catastrophic withdrawal from Camp Niger, a clanking echo of his catastrophe of a withdrawal from Afghanistan, is funny-not funny, if you see what I mean. The good news is that most equipment will be airlifted out, unlike last time. Still, the story admitted, “Military infrastructure and some items too large to transport will be left to the Nigerien military.”
Meaning, the most expensive stuff. Why not break it all down? Crush it into powder? If I understand this right, we just gifted a $100 million dollar aid package to a Russian ally, who will probably re-gift our brand-new base and its unnamed “large items” to the Russians to reverse-engineer.
Make it make sense.
In its final sentence, the Hill remembered to mention that, oh yeah, neighboring Chad is kicking us out, too. Biden’s foreign policy, if you can call it that, is working better than ever.