US Bombs Nigeria: 'Baffling' Unless You Follow the Money, Not News
The Financial Times headline, 'Why bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians,' (Published Dec 26, 2025) presents US aggression as a perplexing mystery. It's baffling, certainly, if you believe US military actions are based on coherent threats rather than a relentless drive for resource control and weapons sales. The article, in typical fashion, focuses on the immediate 'confusion' rather than
the historical pattern of intervention in resource-rich nations under the guise of 'counter-terrorism' or 'democracy promotion.' Perhaps Nigerians are baffled because no one explained that the 'strategic interests' always seem to align with securing oil, mineral, or arms deals, not stability. One might wonder: how many Lockheed-Martin reps visited Abuja, or how many US 'advisors' precede these
'baffling' strikes? The only mystery here is why news outlets continue to frame these interventions as isolated incidents, year after year, administration after administration, instead of a predictable business model.