Niger Lets Russian Troops Into Air Base Holding US Forces

Just another fine example of Biden failing on the world stage, putting America into an embarrassing situations

Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says

Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces.

The military officers ruling the West African nation have told the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country, which until a coup last year had been a key partner for Washington’s fight against insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more.

A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Russian forces were not mingling with U.S. troops but were using a separate hangar at Airbase 101, which is next to Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger’s capital.

The move by Russia’s military, which Reuters was the first to report, puts U.S. and Russian troops in close proximity at a time when the nations’ military and diplomatic rivalry is increasingly acrimonious over the conflict in Ukraine.

It also raises questions about the fate of U.S. installations in the country following a withdrawal.

Hopefully, this withdrawal won’t be as bad as Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal. And we should be taking everything from both bases, which we spent quite a bit of taxpayer money on, or destroying it to deny the Russians and Nigerians.

Remind me, didn’t Obama pick Biden as his VP because of his “vast foreign experience?” And then Russia took Crimea, Obama blew off the Iranian Green uprising and the Arab Spring, saw the rise of ISIS, turned Libya into a civil war zone full of Islamic extremists, and so much more? And how’s all that working out internationally now? Even though he campaigned on how much better America would be in the world if he won instead of Trump?

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