Another Biden foreign policy catastrophe.
Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, has done an excellent job in Niger. Now American troops are being ordered to leave the country, which is crucial to America's national defense.
Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine recently spoke to reporters and accused US State Department official Molly Phee of threatening current leaders during negotiations over the US military presence in the country.
The Nigerian leader blamed Phee for the complete breakdown in relations. Zeine described his response to Molly Phee when she came to lecture to Nigerien leaders in March: “You have come here to threaten us in our country. That is unacceptable. And you have come here to tell us who we can have relations with, which is also unacceptable. And you did it all with a condescending tone and a lack of respect.
In April, we learned about Joe Biden's latest foreign policy disaster in Niger, Africa. US troops are stuck in the country, reportedly without water and medicine at the time. The military probably hid this to protect themselves from embarrassment. There were stationed Americans inside in limbo and unable to do their jobs and the Biden State Department was once again completely outmaneuvered.
Thanks to the brilliant negotiating skills of Biden-appointed diplomats, the US military will leave Niger, leaving behind a $100 million air base for the current anti-American rulers.
The United States confirms that it will withdraw from Niger.
A thousand soldiers will leave after the new Russian-friendly military junta ordered them out
They will leave the $110 million airbase built a few years ago and from which the US has conducted its drone operations against AQ and ISIS. pic.twitter.com/UwCLn79acW
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) April 20, 2024
Plus, that news broke last week Russian troops have now entered the US air base in the country's capital, Niamey.
The Russians will live together with the remaining Americans at American Air Base 101.
This is yet another humiliation of US troops by Joe Biden.
Now we find out that it was the American diplomat who worked for Joe Biden who destroyed this important relationship with Niger.
Through Stars and stripes.
A crucial military relationship between the United States and its closest West African ally, the country of Niger, broke down this spring after a visiting American official made threats during last-ditch negotiations over whether American troops stationed there would be allowed to remain. the report said. the country's prime minister.
In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine placed the blame for the collapse squarely on the United States, accusing US officials of trying to dictate which countries Niger could work with and failing to justify the presence of US troops , which is now expected to end in the coming months. Niger has played a central role in efforts to contain the growing Islamist insurgency in West Africa.
The rift between the former allies has created an opportunity for Russia, which has moved quickly to deepen its relationship with Niger, sending troops to the capital Niamey last month to train the Nigerien army and provide a new air defense system. Russian and American forces now occupy opposite ends of an air base.
After a military coup ousted Niger's democratically elected president last year, the United States froze security assistance as required by U.S. law and halted counterterrorism activities, gathering intelligence on regional militant activity from a massive drone base in northern the country. The United States has kept more than 1,000 troops in place while it negotiates their status with Niger and urges the junta to begin restoring democracy.
Stars and Stripes then reveals the genius within the Biden State Department that destroyed U.S. relations with Niger and how she did it.
He said Nigerien leaders took particular umbrage at comments made by Molly Phee, the State Department's top official for African affairs, who he said had urged the government to refrain from contacts during a visit to Niamey in March with Iran and Russia in ways that are objectionable to Washington if Niger wanted to continue its security relationship with the United States. He also said Phee had further threatened sanctions if Niger pursued a deal to sell uranium to Iran.
“When she finished, I said, 'Ma'am, I'm going to summarize what you said in two points,'” said Zeine, who led negotiations with the United States. “First, you came here to threaten us in our country. That is unacceptable. And you have come here to tell us who we can have relations with, which is also unacceptable. And you did it all with a condescending tone and a lack of respect.
Read the full report on Stars and Stripes here.
