By Owei Lakemfa
The threat of the mighty United States of America, USA, on Tuesday, August 7, 2023 to invade little Niger Republic is not for its love of democracy, Nigeriens or Africans. It is basically in the nature of hawks to circle the sky looking for prey, especially chicks. There were American and French troops in Niger before the coup because it is in the nature of black vultures, not only to target and kill small live animals, but also to have the patience to wait and devour carcases.
So, the July 26 military coup in
Niger Republic is a pretext. The USA Acting Deputy Secretary, Victoria Nuland,
in threatening to invade Niger, declared in the usual American arrogant
manner: “So we’ll be watching the situation, but we understand our legal
responsibilities and I explained those very clearly to the guys (the new
Nigerien leaders) who were responsible for this and that it is not our
desire to go there, but they may push us to that point, and we asked them to be
prudent in that regard and to hear our offer to try to work with them to solve
this diplomatically and return to constitutional order.”
