https://militarnyi.com/en/news...for-war-with-france/

“Understand this: we are going to war with France. We were not at war before, but now we are going to war,” he said.

The statement was made by General Amadou Abdramane, Chief of Staff to the country’s leader Abdourahamane Tchiani, during a rally, according to Le Figaro.

The decree on general mobilization in the Republic of Niger was adopted at a meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Tchiani at the end of December last year, according to the pro-government outlet Lesahel.
According to General Ibro, the mobilization was declared to confront France.

Good. Somebody needs to fight France.

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The Republic of Niger regularly accuses France of attempting to destabilize the country.

Tchiani has also accused French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as the leaders of Benin and Côte d’Ivoire – Patrice Talon and Alassane Ouattara – of supporting Islamist terrorist groups.

Well... I might be supportive.
Another reason to exit NATO.

Better question…..

Will France fight anyone?

They tend to give up quite easily!!

Will this be like the war that continues between North and South Koreas?

Send in the blue helmets!

This just in....France surrendered.

How long before France surrenders ??

Beat me to it !!

Eh, France has fought pretty hard for some colonies - and not as hard as I thought they would have, for Algeria.

The Mouse that roared?

That is some shit I did not have on my bingo card.

Niger, please!

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Originally posted by Tuckerrnr1:
The Mouse that roared?

Yep!

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Originally posted by Tuckerrnr1:
The Mouse that roared?

book from about 1960

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
Niger, please!

You sir, won the internet for the day!

Just more posturing and saber-rattling by these Russian-backed totalitarian military juntas. I highly doubt they're going to attempt actual military action against France.

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso were all taken over by military coups in 2022-2023, after which they banded together in an anti-Western alliance, expelled French, UN, and US troops from their countries after decades of cooperation (especially recently where we had been helping them fight the Al Qaeda-backed Islamic rebels in the region), and they then immediately turned to Russia for military support and equipment.

They've since been using Russian soldiers, military assets, and mercenaries to retain control of their countries, including torturing and slaughtering civilians.

And they have taken to blaming France, the neighboring African countries, and Ukraine(?) for anything that goes wrong within their countries.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
This just in....France surrendered.

Wouldn't surprise me.

Today, France suspended one of their Olympic hockey players for fighting in an ice hockey game.

The French player fought a Canadian player(Tom Wilson). The Canadian team cheers and supports Tom Wilson. The French team suspended their player.

While fighting is not allowed in the Olympics and doesn't happen often, it's still hockey. Both players were penalized during the game. That's where it would normally end.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/...tom-wilson-suspended

The reason major world powers pay attention to a poor, landlocked African country is that Niger has one of the largest uranium deposits in the world. Their uranium company is French owned and it's likely a step from the ruling military junta to "nationalize" the uranium company.

France granted independence in 1960 and they've had 3 generations to have a go of it. Instead, 8% of their populations is enslaved, they've had 5 successful coups, at least 2 unsuccessful coups, jihadist insurgencies, and 7th worst literacy rate on the globe with only ~38% percent of adults can read (actually a 1 generation improvement from 14%).

BTW, I call dibs on France's once dropped German-made Heckler & Koch HK416Fs.

Aside from the French surrender jokes, they're one of the very few country's military in the entire world that can project power and field an expeditionary force, as proven when they went into Mali and surrounding areas dealing with terrorists and overall insurgencies throughout the entire Sahel region, which includes Niger.

Also remember the US had a couple of SOF airfields operating out of Niger for nearly a decade until 3rd Special Forces got caught-up in an ambush in 2017 resulting in 4 killed.