which is why France was right to intervene and suppress
I dont wanna hear this whining when they just ask Wagner to do the same thing
Patel, France was part of the NATO group that created the mess in the first place. The destruction of Libya & the power vacuum it created led to the destabilisation of the Sahel. And they knew what they were doing before they created the mess cos the destabilisation benefits them.
So, France & NATO countries don’t have the answers cos they’re the ones pulling the strings behind the scenes & the jihadists are their mercenaries.
The only country that has a right to intervene is Nigeria:
1. Niger is a sister country to Nigeria as both countries share borders & Niger’s population is mostly Hausa & Fulani like NW Nigeria and there are cross-border blood/family ties. The same is applicable for Benin to the west of Nigeria & Cameroon to the east of Nigeria.
2. Nigeria is building a multibillion dollars gas pipeline to Europe via Niger (to Algeria & Morocco) and destabilisation in Niger will affect the project.
However, for Nigeria, it’s a trap in which the ricochet might end up causing implosion in Nigeria since Nigeria is also not stable. Military adventurism always look good on paper & might start well but it never ends well in most cases. Niger is also a massive country in terms of land mass (not tiny Gambia, Sierra Leone & Liberia) & Nigeria doesn’t have the military capability to force its will on it. So, it will be suicidal for Nigeria to try to solve this militarily.
The best thing to do right now is use diplomacy, dissuade European intervention since they created the mess in the first place & European intervention will lead to another Libya & watch everything as it unfolds.