At the same time, West African officers trained and advised by U.S. special operators keep overthrowing the governments the United States is trying to prop up — including four coups by Flintlock attendees since 2020. SOCAFRICA’s chief, Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands, tells Rolling Stone that the United States was not responsible for the rebellions, was powerless to prevent them, and suggested a major reason for the coups was popular dissatisfaction with U.S. partners on the continent who suppress the will of their own peoples.
“I would tell you that there’s no one more surprised or disappointed when partners that we’re working with or have been working with for a while in some cases decide to overthrow their government,” Sands tells Rolling Stone during a conference call with members of the press. “We have not found ourselves able to prevent it.”
:who-did-this:
You see, the shape of the African and Asian brainpans prevent both from realizing that what Africa needs is less hospitals and more military coups.
Anyway, thank you for attending this lecture by the ASPI and Heritage Foundation.
Wild to me that Rolling Stone is like a reputable media outlet and not just the John Lennon's Ass Magazine.
AFRICOM says it does not keep tabs of which or how many American mentees overthrow their own governments, but U.S.-trained officers have attempted at least nine coups (and succeeded in at least eight) across five West African countries — Burkina Faso (three times), Guinea, Mali (three times), Mauritania, and the Gambia — since 2008.
Rear Adm. Sands, the Special Operations Command Africa chief, maintained that U.S. training was not linked to coups and instead suggested that a key reason for them was that the U.S. was partnered with repressive regimes or, as he put it, “governance that is not necessarily aligned with the rights and will of their people.” Despite the rebellions by U.S. trainees and the partnerships with oppressive governments, Sands insisted, there “is no other option” but to continue U.S. support but no way to halt the coups
U.S. Military Bungling: "Can't stop, won't stop."
Anyone remember this banger from 2016?
In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA
gotta create chaos in the imperial periphery so the development slows down and the markets there remain subordinate to yours. most efficient system. :lenin-sure:
Is your local soup kitchen really cool and good if it hasn't been labeled a VEO by the feds?
https://youtu.be/63Tk9QxvZHo
Weeeelllllll you ain't done nothing, if you ain't been called a Red!
this concept has been in the metropole under different names for at least 3 decades. the FBI targeted animal rights and ecological groups in the 90s/00s, and switched to "black identity extremists" in the 10s/20s.
I'm pretty sure they already do something like this. The FBI has a bunch of "They're basically terrorists" designations for Food Not Bombs and various "Grandma's Against Murder" organizations.
Yep my local FNB org has repeatedly been targeted by police harassment. Like fuck we are literally just feeding people. We've moved locations 4 times this year alone.
Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands, tells Rolling Stone that the United States was not responsible for the rebellions, was powerless to prevent them
"Oh noes, we're just the widdle old American Empire, the chaos caused by our
death squadsspecial boy trainees is totally out of our control!"suggested a major reason for the coups was popular dissatisfaction with U.S. partners on the continent who suppress the will of their own peoples
Were I the US, I would simply pick partners in Africa who are popular and who do not suppress the will of their own peoples.
Its almost a joke at how often even folks like Sankara and Castro were initially willing to compromise with Western interests, only to be rebuffed and sanctioned and outright assaulted. Their final forms were more impressive than their initial positions if for no other reason than they'd been backed into them.
