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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Niger breaks the military agreement with the United States, which allows American troops to remain on its territory. Decolonization is happening. 🎉

www.reuters.com

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Niger breaks the military agreement with the United States, which allows American troops to remain on its territory. Decolonization is happening. 🎉

www.reuters.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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      Washington D. C. Johnson

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        kojima

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      At one point the main representative of the US State Department to the press was one Ned Price.

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    sankara-shining

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    amerikkka get fuuuuuucked.

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    I want to be hopeful about this, but Iraq tried doing something similar, and the US is still there.

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      the only way to make americans leave is by forcing them out

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        The americans will stay until casualties are too high to pretend they’re training accidents. They will never leave just by asking.

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          Niger can do the same thing that Mali did to France. Siege the embassies and bases, cut them off from all food water and power and just play chicken to see if the US will invade over it or fuck off

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    This is a “watch this space” situation.

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    This is not going to end well for niger :(

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      Stop being so negative American power is crazy thin right now it’s basically now or never

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        Spot on, hopefully this leads to a global domino effect

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