… Your idea denies the people of Niger are acting out of self-interest. They suffered 60 years of rapacious neocolonialism and would have kicked out the French long ago, if they could have. Russia didn’t pull any strings. Niger’s military leaders realized the time was ripe, that France is a paper tiger, that Niger has friends both inside and outside Africa, etc. If you prefer to look at this like a chessboard, it’s like the knights started moving on their own initiative without any chess master. That British rag, The Economist”, published a poll which shows 78% of the people in Niger support the coup. The Brits would not have published it, if it were untrue.
Posted by: JessDTruth | Aug 8 2023
The Fugitive Stag 