US Warns Nigeria About Intervention It's Already Doing
The Al Jazeera piece, an honorable warning, highlights inflammatory US rhetoric threatening Nigerian sovereignty. It calls out the familiar path of 'humanitarian intervention'— a well-worn euphemism that often precedes destabilization. But America isn't just threatening; it's operational. According to the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the US had 24 military operations ongoing across Africa
in 2022, training local forces and, crucially, expanding its drone bases like those in Niger—until recent coups, naturally. This isn't theoretical; the groundwork is already laid, quietly. We're talking about a nation that has perfected the art of 'advisory roles' turning into full-blown regional conflicts, all while maintaining plausible deniability. The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) was
established in 2007, ostensibly for 'stability' and 'security cooperation.' Funny how 'security cooperation' often looks a lot like arming one side of an internal dispute. So, when Al Jazeera asks if Nigeria will become a battlefield, perhaps the more piercing question is: how many battlefields has the US already quietly cultivated?