re: Niger has effectively kidnapped1000 US soldiers at our $500 mil dollar base

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Here's the thing. Will Russia and China start to increase their influence with the withdraws of France and the US?

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It doesn’t seem like we had a ton of influence considering the fact that a military coup happened while we were there.

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But guess what, over time those countries will face the same challenges and end up with a headache that outweighs any reward.

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Agreed. Countries like this are inherently unstable. It’s simply not worth our trouble and probably not theirs either.