• DankZedong OPA
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      For the West, destabilizing Western Africa is not a bad thing per se. But they’d have to have faith in ECOWAS being able to swiftly beat Niger and possibly Guinea, Burkina Faso and Mali. It will be interesting to see what they will do if the conflict lingers on for a longer time, or what they will do if Russia supports Niger. Wagner should already be in Niger if I’m not mistaken.

      The US might have some spare parts laying around that they can ship to ECOWAS, but I’m doubtful France and other European allies will support yet another war when most of them are getting into a recession right now.

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        I was talking about already impoverished nations having to suffer from the burden of being the nexus for a proxy war.

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          Yes, of course. It’s always the people suffering in things like this so that the greedy pigs at the top can get their fix. And especially the people living in already precarious situations. But the West and ECOWAS have made their decision, it seems, and I hope they choke to death on the bone that is Niger.