2y ago

Niger says France amassing troops, equipment in ECOWAS states

www.aljazeera.com

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In the end all that matters is does Nigeria want to fight this war or not. They're the ones that'll be paying for it in blood and treasure. France is a sidenote. They're not going to die over this.
- Nigeria was the country that threatened to lead the military intervention against Niger.
  
  Nigeria is, by far, the biggest country in ECOWAS. If ECOWAS militarily intervenes in Niger, it'll be Nigeria that is able to supply the bulk of the money, equipment, and manpower
  
  I'm aware of that.
  
  Got em
Niger's junta knows this how?
- I wouldn’t be surprised if the Russians were feeding them intelligence
  
  You're getting downvoted, but the Wagner Group has a stake in this coup being successful and the group has ties to the Russian government.
- Because you don't just have a coup after having a stroke of insight from a night of binge drinking?
  It's a movement led military units that have deep political and intelligence connections. They know a lot of things that aren't going to be admitted by the West.
- Satellites
  
  Binoculars
France about to do a colonialism again
- So far a leader of a military group, which has just overthrown a democratic elected leader, which cooperates with the Wagner group to secure their might, claims that France is doing that.
  I would put a big question mark behind that claim and wait for reliable sources.
  
  Democratically elected my ass. The popular support for the coup, however misguided it is, seems overwhelming among the locals
  We the french have no right to force a democracy upon them. Doesn't matter how stupid we think this is
  
  They haven't overthrown any democratic elected leader, the only person they've overthrown was Bazoum.
- France about to depose a military coup? Recall this is the junta that deposed Niger's president that is claiming France is going to invade.
  
  Honestly I wouldn't be able to tell which side is the good one here.
- France used to control Niger the same way that Russia controlled Ukraine. Now that Niger and Ukraine are independent countries, I'm sure the response to both will be consistent.
  
  Lol what? Did you miss the leaked call revealing that the 2014 coup was to make Ukraine a US puppet state?
I'm French and I wish this would be true. We would be able to give Russia what it deserves there.

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