u seem to have a hard time understanding humor, i'm going to guess Quebec.

You must be a Florida man.

wisconsin, which is about the exact opposite of florida. that's where we send our old to die.

ty confirm frenchman tho.

Definitely a Florida man. I'm from Alberta, the opposite of Quebec. Only Florida man could be so wrong.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/26/africa/niger-french-ambassador-leave-intl-hnk/index.html

Some saber rattlin'

Nigerien military junta calls the French ambassador to a meeting with the Nigerian foreign minister, France refuses and says the junta lacks authority to make demands of the ambassador and doesn't recognize them as the legitimate government. And thus the Nigerian government has expelled the ambassador. There's rumors of a similar effort to expel the US diplomatic staff in the country, but they haven't made an official demand yet.



I mean, the same legitimate, elected authorities who imprisoned their political rivals and held fake elections.
As a microcosm for the east/west divide, we're again seeing the theme of hypocritical imperialists laying sole claim to international legitimacy, running impotently against naked power grabs and military might.

Saga continues


>You have to leave our country
> No, your power is not legitimate we're not leaving
>'Cuts off electricity and water to the embassy'


Imagine being the staff there and being like are we about to get Benghazi'd? In reality they'll just be sweated out. Lmao.

https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1695909172389245437

So does this become an inverse siege, like a sit-in or something? 'You're free to leave at any time with no consequences'? Most such scenarios involve the threat of immediate arrest when you leave, ala the julian assange embassy.
Then we wind up with the double standoff where it becomes the military holding back the citizens protesting outside the embassy who want to storm it. So simultaneously demanding the French leave while being the only thing protecting them

Gabon: Hold my beer



https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/

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https://apnews.com/article/france-niger-military-ambassador-coup-0e866135cd49849ba4eb4426346bffd5

France is now withdrawing its ambassador, diplomatic staff and 1500 man military presence from Niger, and Niger has reopened its airspace to all flights except Air France, with french flights forbidden

Looks like a full retreat with no war in the end, ECOWAS had no appetite and NATO had no will. Thats the whole Sahel wrapped into the Russian sphere of influence

It's fantastic, they are already speaking russian and soon will organize cow dung (imported) throwing championships !