Trump Suggests Nigeria Intervention, Echoes Familiar US Playbook
Deutsche Welle reports Trump's suggestion of US military action in Nigeria, citing the supposed need to defend Christians. (Because, apparently, the US military is now global spiritual arbiter). This casual consideration of intervention utterly ignores America's long, disastrous track record of 'solving' African problems with bombs. From Somalia to Libya, the pattern is clear: intervene,
destabilize, leave a mess. Who benefits from this cycle of endless military engagement? Certainly not the locals. One might wonder if the defense industry's stock prices tick up every time a politician floats a new 'humanitarian intervention'. This isn't about 'protecting' anyone; it's about projecting power and expanding military footprints. The casual way these suggestions are made, without any
public debate or congressional oversight, speaks volumes to how normalized perpetual war has become. How many times must we watch history repeat itself before we realize the 'cure' is worse than the disease it pretends to address?