How One of the Most Stable Nations in West Africa Descended Into Mayhem
Burkina Faso once looked like a success story for U.S. military aid. But now it’s contending with a growing insurgency, an unfolding humanitarian crisis — and a security force targeting civilians.
October 15, 2020
by Nick Turse "The fact that Burkina Faso’s military has failed to protect its people while simultaneously committing atrocities against them is not America’s failure alone. Other international supporters, like France and the European Union, bear a responsibility — not to mention the Burkinabe government itself. But a history of spectacular collapses by U.S.-trained militaries, from South Vietnam in 1975 to Iraq in 2014, and rampant atrocities by allies, such as torture, rape and murder committed by Afghan forces and the yearslong killing of Yemeni civilians, with U.S. weaponry, by Saudi Arabia, demands a frank reappraisal of U.S. military assistance abroad. Ordinary people in Burkina Faso are paying a grave price for failed foreign-policy decisions and autopilot assistance that favors throwing military aid at complex social problems."
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die Bundesregierung (CDU/CSU–SPD), vertreten durch die Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel (CDU),
wegen ihrer rechtlichen und politischen Mitverantwortung für den völkerrechtswidrigen US-Drohnenkrieg, der über die Satelliten- und Datenrelais-Station der US-Airbase Ramstein in der Pfalz abgewickelt wird. Es ist die größte Militärbasis der USA im Ausland mit knapp zehntausend Militärs und Zivilbediensteten. Von hier, also von deutschem Boden aus, werden bewaffnete Drohneneinsätze im Nahen und Mittleren Osten sowie auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent gesteuert.
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Democracies should ask themselves whether forming yet another elite club of wealthy states represents the best means to counter China’s and fellow authoritarians’ digital rise.
How Should Democracies Confront China’s Digital Rise? Weighing the Merits of a T-10 Alliance. "Finally, before the United States assumes global leadership on tech policy, it needs to determine what its own orientation will be."