US military adventurism in Africa
Thursday, November 02, 2017
Previously in 2001, President George W. Bush told a gathering in Sweden, “Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.” Indeed this is shocking.
After four elite US soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger several weeks ago, and after President Trump made a gut-grinding botch of offering condolences to the families of the fallen, Africa policy has become a hot topic in US politics. Beyond the febrile fodder of yet another presidential humiliation lies the deeper question: What were those four soldiers doing in Niger?
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