You left the DoD or what?i finally got (partially) out of the .mil shithole a couple weeks ago, anyone wanna go get jiggy in africa together??
You left the DoD or what?i finally got (partially) out of the .mil shithole a couple weeks ago, anyone wanna go get jiggy in africa together??
I happened to just refresh "What's new" at the perfect time, so you got a fast reply.holy shit you replied fast
yeah. I'm still in industry (trapped 4ever...) but thankfully no longer directly employed by uncle sam
also, now that I can say it, FUCK the DIA, that place is an absolute shithole.
Cause Algeria is militarily backing the current Niger government and Nigeria's military is no match for Algeria's.Nigeria has a population of 200+ million and is one of the wealthiest countries in Africa, while its target has a population of merely 25 million, and is one of the poorest countries in Africa. What reason do we have that this war won't be another Saudi Arabia in Yemen situation?
Algeria backing it would most likely mean that Morocco would automatically join the opposite side thoughTrue, but it's not like Niger has zero backers (Algeria is pretty strong and seems willing to back Niger).
True, although keep in mind its not only Nigeria. Its ECOWASAnyways, the actual military of the two countries is pretty weak. Nigeria is stronger, but still pretty backward and old (their most modern and best trump cards are likely the various drones they got).
What would you do if you found out this forum was run by the DIA?holy shit you replied fast
yeah. I'm still in industry (trapped 4ever...) but thankfully no longer directly employed by uncle sam
also, now that I can say it, FUCK the DIA, that place is an absolute shithole.
I believe Algeria is backing the new government and Algeria has a frankly ridiculously OP military compared to every other African country except Egypt.Nigeria has a population of 200+ million and is one of the wealthiest countries in Africa, while its target has a population of merely 25 million, and is one of the poorest countries in Africa. What reason do we have that this war won't be another Saudi Arabia in Yemen situation?
Dear god, are the lawyers even developing the weapons over there?! Brings entirely new meaning to the term lawfare if so.I probably offer to do it better for an exorbitant price, not meet my contractual deadline, demand more funding to make up the difference, and deliver a technically compliant product that isn't actually what they wanted and doesn't do what it needs to do
just like fucking everything else we purchase
holy shit you replied fast
yeah. I'm still in industry (trapped 4ever...) but thankfully no longer directly employed by uncle sam
also, now that I can say it, FUCK the DIA, that place is an absolute shithole.
That is why the media variant of softpower is pure bullshit. The old school version of soft power the economic one is truly effective. You buy the 1% or find mid level oligarch and elevate them to the top and they will use their influences over the masses to sell out their country. Don't forgot the catholic church is one the richest institution in the world and they convinced the people of the earth they shouldn't pay taxes...Yeah! Religion and the sword, what a perfect combination. Imagine the Spanish conquest of the Philippine needed just 2,000 soldiers and 400 monks to accomplished, okay not the whole of the country because the south or Mindanao is Muslim and are able to resist.
Today's equivalent of Collective West subjugation is the same with an addition of "Democracy"...lol
I was arguing at the weekend on a local NZ forum that other than China not being a liberal democracy, NZ aligns with China more than the US from a socialism and free trading perspective.New Zealand is a real country ... in fact NZ is more socialist than China, also the majority of NZers are socialist and don't like capitalist like the US