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US agrees to withdraw troops from Niger amid Sahel region’s pivot to Russia (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is a clear indication of just how thinly stretched the burger empire is at this point.

[–] Drstrange2love@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They are not able to maintain all their fronts, especially with Ukraine and Israel, it requires a lot of military, financial, intelligence and political resources to maintain. And it's a double-edged sword, the more they try to maintain it, the more things get worse on the domestic front.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also, AFRICOM is still not fully established and the Axis of Resistance is making moves now before it gets fully established. It's the weakest dimension of the empire.

[–] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What makes you say that? Is Africa really still in Europe's hands?

[–] PanArab@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 6 months ago

France is losing its grip