This is also where the US has/had the largest military drone base in the world.
Seems like a pretty big deal, specially with Burkina Faso seeming like it’s going in a socialist direction again.
Also Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore: “Today, our relationship with Russia is primarily strategic. With Russia, there are no restrictions on the equipment we want to purchase. Others impose restrictions on us. They support us in terms of training, logistics, tactical training, and everything else. They provide support in these aspects."
Well no restrictions on what they can buy beyond the fact Russia has halted and redirected all major military equipment exports to Ukraine for the last three years beyond licensed production and even if the war ended tomorrow it would need to spend years restoring its own military before it could export anything of value.
Tieing the country’s ability to defend itself to a hypercapitalist far right government instead of a less ideologically driven nation like India or China is probably also an indication that the government isn’t very serious about going in a socialist direction so much as an indication that it is trying to whitewash its image with hollow rhetoric.
I mean i’d like to see a challenge to a capitalist dominated world, but this sure doesn’t seem to be one.
Why would anyone in a military conflict ally with the US anymore if all it takes is a couple corrupt dipshits in Congress to leave them all completely defenseless during their time of need.
Why should the US have any involvement with a conflict in the middle of africa?
Same reasons as EU, Russia, and China. Global economic/military partners rather than global competition/enemies.
Lmao is that why the US’s entire existence is built on invasions, coups, sanctions and genocides in countries on completely different continents for not being subservient to its capitalist government?
Same can be said about most of Western Europe though.
Of course. All imperial core countries.
Didn’t it just happen earlier in Asia too? This feels like a humanity problem that we could probably overcome if we had less sociopaths amongst us.
I think they were answering the ‘should’ not ‘does’.
As in, those are the good reasons a major power should be involved in foreign nations. The US of course doesn’t do anything for good reasons
US’ entire existence is built on its intellectual capital.
Weird way to spell imperialism. Ig all the millions of victims of the US around the world can rest easy knowing their deaths made some capitalist richer.
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Which part of my comment do you disagree with?
In other words, you have no argument.
You mean on the intellectual capital of the nazi scientists US brought over after WW2?
Gilded Age. This will trigger you.
It needs a ‘base’, at every part of the world, which would become a hub for any kind of future deployment. Anyway, it’s not just the US, it can be any powerful countries. It just matter of how they do it, nice or not so nice way, direct or indirectly. China does it through business, e.g. silk road.
Uhm… Let’s see… Maybe…oil?
Because we’re all human and protecting innocent lives shouldn’t end at one’s borders.
Edit: Sorry. We’re not all human and protecting innocent lives should end at one’s borders.
Thanks downvoters for making me see the light.
US and their funding is doing alot of “protecting” in Palestine
The US doesn’t care about Palestinians.
I’m not sure what your point is.
What did your comment say was the US’s reason for involving itself in conflicts on different continents?
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That was a simple question.
The most obvious “I have no legsto stand on but I refuse to admit it” situation
Lmao, the irony of this comment when you have literally said nothing to support your reasons and when mildly questioned and asked for further clarification you block them because you are incapable of comprehending other views. Enjoy your echo chamber little brainwashed one.
From one imperialist cradle to another
