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US military shifts messaging in Africa, telling allies to prepare to stand on own (abcnews.go.com)
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"Allies" dont-laugh

At African Lion, its largest joint training exercise on the continent, that shift was clear: "We need to be able to get our partners to the level of independent operations," Gen. Michael Langley said in an interview with The Associated Press.

"There needs to be some burden sharing," Langley, the U.S. military's top official in Africa, said on Friday, the final day of the exercise.

For four weeks, troops from more than 40 countries rehearsed how to confront threats by air, land, and sea. They flew drones, simulated close-quarters combat and launched satellite-guided rockets in the desert.

Maneuvers mirrored previous editions of African Lion, now in its 25th year. But mostly gone now is language that emphasizes ideas the U.S. once argued set it apart from Russia and China.

Trump is Putin's agent in America! maybe-later-honey

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

They won't be standing with America, but I'm not sure they'll be standing alone either some-controversy

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

Traore has prioritized their relationship with Russia so far, but I don't think that rules out a relationship with the PRC by any means. It'll be interesting in any case.

Could be funny to see Russia and China trying to "outbid" each other for the favor of AES(+?), but I also don't think that's likely to happen.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Russia and china work together in these areas. China has no foreign military power projection, so in fighting off us backed terrorists to secure regional stability for infrastructure development russian pmcs are the main forces.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Gen. Michael Langley

General Michael CIA... Oh fuck off

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

We need an :it's-afraid: emote

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Oh no, the previously colonized African countries kicked out the french and the US. That is surely a bad thing.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Handing over Africa’s land and resources to Russia and China. Good move US!

[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

no they're handing the land and resources over to Africans, which is good, actually.

sankara-shining

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

wtf I love US foreign policy now

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

This is what happens when you fully internalize colonial thinking. It's impossible to imagine these countries as benefiting from their own resources and labor. It all must be divided up as a zero sum game by foreign powers.

Believe it or not, not the entire world is as pig brained and greedy as Americans.

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