Why Russia has Moved into a US Military Base

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In today’s episode, we run through why Russian troops have moved into a US base in Niger. Also, we discuss Turkey suspending trade with Israel; escalating violence in Haiti amid political crisis; and a big Conservative loss in the UK local elections.
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Further reading:
✍️ Russia Troops Move Into US Base in Niger
www.reuters.com/world/africa/...
www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
www.theguardian.com/world/202...
✍️ Turkey Cuts Trade Ties with Israel
www.dw.com/en/turkey-suspends...
www.ft.com/content/17d71cf5-4...
• How Erdogan Plays Both...
✍️ Escalating Violence in Haiti
www.reuters.com/world/america...
www.theguardian.com/world/art...
apnews.com/article/haiti-gang...
✍️ UK Local Elections
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/...
www.theguardian.com/politics/...
news.sky.com/story/labour-win...
✍️ TLDR Good News
www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
apnews.com/article/orangutan-...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...
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00:00 Intro
00:19 Russia Troops Move Into US Base in Niger
02:50 Turkey Cuts Trade Ties with Israel
04:23 Escalating Violence in Haiti
05:37 UK Local Elections
06:46 TLDR Good News
07:36 Sponsor

[@thewetzelsixx9009]

I love how they just have plenty of pictures of Rishi Sunak looking sad or distressed ready to fill half of that segment. Lol.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

😢

[@Booz2020]

​@@rizkyadiyanto7922you an INDONshiyan❓

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@Booz2020 you a malonsia or banglasia?

[@Booz2020]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 INDON detected 💯 Nice try of guessing Indoen👀

[@Booz2020]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Nice try of guessing you Indoen 👀

[@quinnmcmanus3562]

Love the daily channel. Keeps me up to date on everything

[@grey3247]

Russia: Enough about their colonialist past, let's talk about my colonialist future

[@edc1569]

Exactly, we haven’t acknowledged any of our past errors, so that must mean we’re the good guys, right.

[@lokensicarius9347]

China: our*

[@battousai480]

to west Africa anything is better than France at this point. watch "Why France is Actually Preparing for War With Russia" by reallifelore "France secretly owns 14 countries" by caspian Report

[@moehassona6009]

There was nevwr russian colonialism in Africa. Western countries are the last to talk about colonialism in Africa. Take it from an African, we don't want your Frenchafrique empire neo imperialism. Bye

[@oskardahle2478]

@@moehassona6009It’s pretty naive to think that the country currently invading their neighbour isn’t as imperialistic if not more than France.

[@geardo3635]

The only reason Russia has no 'colonial baggage' is distance. They were invited to participate in the African colonial era but refused due to distance and instead chose to invade and fight wars in eastern Europe.

[@skp8748]

So

[@Srbenda126]

It's not really distance, Russia doesn't have good warm water ports

[@danielutriabrooks477]

​@@Srbenda126Africa is kinda warm, they could have just built one there

[@MacTac141]

@@danielutriabrooks477They wouldn’t have had a reliable path to resupply the colony, all their routes to Africa were either controlled by hostile powers or extremely and excessively long

[@MacTac141]

@liltrip6511 Russia didn’t have a reliable and stable route to Africa like Belgium or the Netherlands did, nor did it ever have the sea power anywhere close to the Dutch at their peak. Belgium only got a colony because all the powers who wanted the Congo decided it was best to give it a small unthreatening state than one of their geopolitical adversaries Secondly, learn how to speak or at least type English properly. “Military basis”?😂 Third, you’re comparing the sole global superpower to Russia in the late 1890’s. There is a BIG difference between the two, that Russia would soon go on to lose the Russo-Japanese War and WWI. They were simply not capable of holding a sustain colony in Africa, and even the Tsar knew it. That’s the reason they declined during the scramble for Africa, they couldn’t guarantee the absolutely mandatory logistical support

[@ThatBasedGuy]

Putin: “we have no colonial baggage in Africa” Wagner: *hold my gold bars*

[@mrbad3036]

Give it time, the Africans will see the Russians as the rest of the world has, just another colonial empire.

[@shafsteryellow]

How many gold mines are there in france? How much gold is in its banks

[@williambrasky3891]

⁠@liltrip6511No one said anything about supporting French neocolonialism in Africa. That was you. You did that.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@williambrasky3891 they are the neocolonialists, theyve tied a currency to all of their southern colonies (north was too angry and stubborn for it)

[@lule363]

cnn🤡

[@Hemalkukurkure]

The turks accusing others of genocide is comically amusing when you remember the kurds, greeks and Armenians 🤣🤣

[@christianweibrecht6555]

projection, many of them try to justify the AG by claiming Armenians where mass murdering them in 1914

[@Curt_Johnston]

Let’s not forget the Assyrians

[@skp8748]

What relevance is that? Had nothing to do with Turkey.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

@@skp8748 video description has timestamps, one section was about turkey

[@skp8748]

@@christianweibrecht6555 watched it... point stands.

[@HaroldTheWizardCat]

The orangutan story left me perplex! Just imagining all the thought processes that went on for it to even think of doing that. I wonder where it found out how to treat itself. I enjoy how you put in interesting stories like that in these news stories

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

allah tell them so.

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

When european empires colonized in africa, Russia expanded east. when the american settlers expanded across america, russia expanded east. when the british and french created colonial trade routes piercing into asia, russia expanded east. its easy to forget that russia is the world's largest country for a reason, and that reason is conquest and russification. genocides not too different from the ones against native americans.

[@Silver_Prussian]

That reason being, that there was almost nobody living in those places, the population density before the russians came was straight up negative there. And all of the minorities are currently alive and well, their culture and language intact with their own republics not a small plot of land in which the people that are almost extinct live like they are some rare breed of animal.

[@praska8049]

exactly - i'm from poland. if we were to put a name on what russia did in my country, or ukraine or baltic countries, it would be colonialism. russification is polite way of saying "destroying culture, language and forcing people of another nation to work and die for foreign empire". it's seen different because polish, ukrainian, baltic peoples are white, therefore there's "no" racial discrimination.

[@Lobster_Guy12]

@@Silver_Prussiannot really indigenous languages in Russia have been on the decline, Indigenous people in Siberia have the highest rates of alcoholism and suicide and lower life expectancy 😢

[@Silver_Prussian]

@@Lobster_Guy12 so blame russians that the natives despite literlay being forced by the school system to learn their own language dont wanna do it ? Ok show me examples of these high rates, beside tuva there are not such disparities.

[@lucabaki]

No matter how bad you think the USA is, Russia is worse.

[@vitoanania6042]

in a world of hypocrites Türkiye is the most hypocrite. Palestinians have right to self-determination (fair enough), Turks in Cyprus too, but Kurds do not...

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

welcome to the world of geopolitics. Why does China care so much about Palestinians when they mistreat Uighurs. Why does America care so much about Uighurs when they mistreat people detained under dubious charges in Guatemala bay?

[@leanflavoredpringles2353]

Cyprus is Greek clay I stand by this statement.

[@averagebohemian5791]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j That thing with Xinjiang is literally just propaganda.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@averagebohemian5791 what's your explaination then? It's just "reeducation"?

[@majid7925]

Its called politics and politics is business

[@dudeladude456]

How is Haiti getting worse? Ever since I can remember I have never seen it not in some form of crisis.

[@danielutriabrooks477]

There was the semblance of a state before, not so much now

[@Phantomgaming154]

​@@danielutriabrooks477what semblance of a state. At this point,haiti is truly lawless.

[@JoshQuinn0]

Tees Valley results have already been released.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

After going through the comments. I'm confused why westerners are concerned about africa making peace with Russia and painting them as future colonialists. Do you think africa is your property to own? It seems you want to own africa over Russia instead of just letting the continent and it's people do what they please with whomever they choose.

[@laser3148]

dont bother. this is a typical western hypocrisy in a nutshell

[@realDanielAugustine]

You are confusing concern with stating a fact. Russia is one of the world's largest colonizers and has never given up any of its colonies. Hopefully that clears up some of your confusion.

[@marseldagistani1989]

​@@realDanielAugustine And it did the same in the Eastern European countries. Just because they didn't colonise Africa doesn't mean they'd Russify the population like they did in their Euroepan Holdings

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Third party councilers are winning big time

[@hendrix8602]

nice jacket

[@danielutriabrooks477]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

so you admit US is just as bad as russia.

[@Booz2020]

Make AFRICA 🌍 Great Again 🇷🇺

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 In some cases yeah, if not even worse.

[@Baddy187]

That orang-oetan is cool. I remember reading about chimps that eat certain food only when they are constipated, then they feel better again. Or something like that. Point being, it is something more apes do.

[@ichoboi]

I'm actually starting to believe that they're just humans who refuse to talk because they don't want to pay taxes 😂

[@moonshot9056]

Yes, they also hold territory and setup border patrols, fighting those impeding on their land, seems like a lot of what we see as modern is actually deep seated within us.

[@Miamcoline]

Omg Orangutang are just the best! And animals are always way smarter than the studies say!

[@TurshaofTsavo]

WHAT ABOUT BOB !!! MARATHON !!!

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

6:05 that image says “it’s joever”

[@thenoicesoldier4817]

03:49 pot calling the kettle black

[@adamelghalmi9771]

ehhhh

[@Hemalkukurkure]

Yess!!! 😂😂

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

something about a broken clock still being right twice a day...

[@hendrix8602]

fair but doesn't make it any less true

[@Hemalkukurkure]

@@hendrix8602 no that's completely untrue and malicious... Wanna talk about it?

[@75echo]

To be honest, after they way the Europe has treated Africa in the last century , i do not blame them.

[@jensboettiger5286]

Africa should ask the Siberian peoples about Russia's lack of colonial baggage

[@user-xu1tn9ds8u]

Russia and China giving better conditions than past colonialist countries, thats why France and USA are leaving some African countries

[@marseldagistani1989]

​@@user-xu1tn9ds8u So China isn't putting African countries in Dept traps and hiring only Chinese workers?

[@disposingbow2274]

I don't know enough about it, but why can't the US destroy the base as they are withdrawing?

[@edc1569]

Just for the lols?

[@disposingbow2274]

@@edc1569 To prevent the base to be used by russia. I mean, the US built and paid for it.

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

Probably because it's too late or it's Niger's property.

[@jaarneal]

@@disposingbow2274 That wouldn't be in US interest. The reason those bases are there is to fight groups like Boko Haram. The hope here... is there is any hope left... is that Russian mercenaries will continue to help fight those groups. For what it's worth, I think they do fight those groups, as those groups are eternally in conflict with the governments of the states that they're in. The problem is, Russia will do a much worse job of this than the US did. Here's what happens (and this has happened multiple times now): a Sahel country (like Mali or Burkina Faso or Niger) has a military-led coup. The US and its allies decry the move, because the coup removed a democratically-elected leader, and demand that the democratically-elected leader be reinstalled. The coup government, using anti-colonialist rhetoric, blames the US and its allies (mostly France) for its economic troubles, and kicks them out. To take their place (because otherwise the terrorists would start to take over) the junta brings in Russian mercenaries (used to be Wagner, now the name might be different). The Russian mercenaries aren't as good as the US and allies at stopping the terrorists. However, here is the advantage: the Russian mercenaries don't have expectations of the junta. So if you don't want to have elections, if you want to make your government a corrupt mafia, etc... all of that is totally ok with Russian mercenaries. You just have to give them their cut. The result is that the government is worse, its security situation is worse, and terrorist attacks and influence increase. The evidence that showed Mali and Burkina Faso terrorism went way up after their coups is overwhelming.

[@cinnabarsecretary2712]

they probably should destroy it bc, apparently A Lot of money went into building the base. Russia should have to build its own

[@josejoao1621]

Good luck to Africa…

[@shafsteryellow]

Africa is 1 country right..

[@josejoao1621]

@@shafsteryellow Bro, you can understand what I meant without being a smartass… Of course in the context of the video it refers to the specific countries involved. Is that specific enough for you?

[@gandoff7840]

​@@shafsteryellow I've got some tissues if you need them

[@akend4426]

Even though I intensely dislike Netanyahu, likening him to H!tler is a pretty dumb move by Erdogan.

[@Phantomgaming154]

Name me one difference between netanyahu and hitler?

[@swedichboy1000]

4:29 That guy looks comically like a crook.

[@ivankolinic5679]

The local election results are good news

[@benknowles9633]

Hi

[@N00bleT00]

HI!

[@ha-meemfirozezaman1417]

For those who think that Erdogan is Pro-Palestine, they're badly mistaken. Erdogan is not Pro-Palestine, he just pretends to be one (in order to appease his Islamist base) while maintaining close security, economic & diplomatic ties with Israel. Note that, as mentioned in the report, these suspensions of trade with Israel will remain in place until an "uninterrupted And sufficient flow" of aid" into Gaza is allowed, though it won't be surprising if he decides to reverse course without checking whether these conditions are met or not. Then, it also looks like he's trying to appease his Islamist base after a portion of them defected to Yeniden Refah (New Welfare) Party, led by Fatih Erbakan, former Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan's son during the local elections where his AK party suffered massive losses to both CHP (Erdogan's main opposition party) & the Yeniden Refah (New Welfare) Party due to a myriad of factors, such as his policies which drove Turkish economy to the ground & in Yeniden Refah (New Welfare) Party's perspective, his double standards on Israel. And the Yeniden Refah (New Welfare) Party is way more hardline about Israel than Erdogan & his AK Party. (TLDR mentioned how Erdogan plays both sides in a recent video)

[@ultrahigher6739]

he will do anything to stay in power.

[@ha-meemfirozezaman1417]

@@ultrahigher6739 exactly. But sadly, a lot of people either do not seem to understand, or outright dismiss it claiming "Western Propaganda" despite all the available facts pointing to the contrary.

[@Mastersharkmapping]

France and the USA should have never been there in the first place.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Erdogan, what about the US and EU calling the PKK a "liberation movement"?

[@snoreberry1786]

Getting out of Africa would be a blessing for the US.

[@NatureXwars]

You need to elaborate on why the US troops are still in Niger, atleast long enough for them to encounter their Russian counterparts, if the junter has basically already revoked their stay?

[@redacted7060]

He acknowledged that

[@declangallagher1448]

Like those turnip farming peasants have the capacity for this.

[@Vandelberger]

Orangutan has more medical survival skills than most people of my generation.

[@getnohappy]

That orangutan is just a shill for Big Leaf

[@Awesomewithaz]

Sure sweetheart

[@Booz2020]

Indoenshiyans: Guys please move to BALI 😄

[@blazjurgec5260]

Slava Rusiji from Slovenija.🇷🇺🇸🇮

[@2727daqwid]

2:24 - bro, russia still has all of their eastern colonies. Those lands in the east were literally colonised - just by land not by sea.

[@padinspi11]

Yeah but i think they did say Russia has no history of colonization "on the continent" (Africa). Which is, while not entirely, mostly true (there was 1 failed russian colonial endeavour)

[@adamelghalmi9771]

yeah but its been so long that they aren't recognized as colonies anymore, just a part of russia. sort of like scotland with the UK

[@2727daqwid]

@@padinspi11 I missed that part. However, knowing how they treated those colonised land and their people? I'd say it's no different from the western powers at the time. And that should be the worrying part for African nations.

[@Twinkiepower420]

@@2727daqwidI mean same can be said for the U.S. To many all that matters is whether or not they’ve messed with their domestic politics in the past, which the US has done more of in Africa.

[@kagnetix6674]

@@2727daqwid Dude please telll me you know the difference between conquest and colonialism. All of the regions conquered they have historically had relations and ties with, every empire has treated their non dominant ethnic groups worse. Look at the Austro-hungary empire or the ottoman empire.

[@akend4426]

The juntas in Niger and Mali are mainly replacing the west with Russia to avoid being held responsible for the warcrimes they commit.

[@glintongordon6811]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@redacted7060]

Nonexistent war crimes

[@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197]

Name one of the war crimes they have committed.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

​@@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197he can't name shit

[@kindlingking]

​@@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197going against western neocolonial machine, clearly the wariest of the crimes

[@dago4133]

26M live in the horrible country

[@0fficialdregs]

I'm not similar to any damn apes.

[@kingendercat]

This is all good news, you didn't need to add an extra section

[@shantanusapru]

Never thought I'd ever say this, but: Good on Erdogan!!!

[@Phantomgaming154]

RUSSIA:One must confront their imprealist past to embrace their colonialist future.

[@taylor_drift1]

US should also withdraw its aid to Africa and let Russia provide financially.

[@ZachLDB]

China already leads in aid and “free” infrastructure without debt traps like the IMF. Which hasn’t built a single road or port in Africa.

[@kagnetix6674]

In all honesty removing all forms of aid is good. Aid doesn't exist only greedy and lousy loans that have strings attached to them which is forced international diplomacy. At least the chinese and russians are honest about saying they aren't the good guys nor will claim they will be and will simply come to do bussiness and tell you their intentions from day 1

[@sukallennesima3882]

@@ZachLDB Free infrastructure? No debt traps? Are we talking complete fiction here? Take a look at how China operates and suffocate contries with predatory practices, poor construnctions and debt traps

[@silvermemer5322]

@@ZachLDB Sure, no "debt traps ". Just regular dept; and exlusive rights over the exploitation of natural resources; and the possibility to hold those critical assets (like ports, look at what they did in Sri Lanka) if they can't pay; and the potential for China to use Africa asa a "new China" that can produce cheap labour for China, as Chinise labour is no longer that cheap. Also, an increase in soft power and image, especially from people like you that still think there is "free stuff" in this world.

[@filipeeeeeeeee5615]

@@kagnetix6674 You have to be delusional and very uneducated to believe that only American foreign investment comes with strings attached. It's called investment for a reason, there is expected return in the eyes of russia and china. That return is also monetary, maybe less than the US, but it is, political power is also VERY significant. Once china and russia get rid of all western stakeholders in the region, you'll see what the'll turn their benevolence into... all empires are and were like that.

[@131scavy]

Remember everyone:If the group is in Haiti you refer to them as 'Gangs'. It doesn't matter if they have all the same features as local militias it's important to ensure that native Haitian groups are always delegitimized.

[@sagunsingh7415]

Remember, everything is racist.

[@averagebohemian5791]

People should learn how to share their military basis :DD

[@MmmM-uo6ti]

No African No gold for jesus Europe 🏦😅

[@williambrasky3891]

Well, I never thought I’d be on Erdogan’s side of an issue, but here we are.

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

Propagana

[@jayfeather965]

If Africa is truly willing to side with Russia over America then they deserve whatever they get.

[@kindlingking]

Yes, they deserve to be treated like people and to live in peaceful and developed countries

[@moehassona6009]

We Africans are sick of western Frenchafrique empire neo colonialism. Dont be mad at us for chosing new partners, you blew it by the way you treated US for about 300 years. And now you're mad at us for choosimg new partners? How pathetic.

[@AgieSebie]

I understand your point, but don't be so trusting. When Western colonialism started it was slow at first, but little by little they gained control over everything they wanted. You think China and Russia are going to be different? It's the same thing just in modern times. China and Russia are both colonial countries with expansionist ambitions. Africa is just their way of gaining strategic advantage over the West. This is the new Cold War & colonialism. Africa is going to be torn apart by external forces again. It is terrible. I just pray that Africa in the future can learn from all this horror rise above such poverty and vulnerability. African leaders are just as much to blame as the external forces supporting them.

[@pierrepaul591]

All this is music to my ears.

[@griffinwright4944]

First

[@baiwuli6781]

Russia is not the country we deserve but the country we need !

[@ZachLDB]

Maybe America should stop bullying the world if they don’t want kicked out of countries. We need peaceful cooperation and prosperity, not military occupation of the global south or making demands to them.

[@ElZorro85]

Yeah, Russia’s a shining example.

[@ZachLDB]

@@ElZorro85 3/10 strawman attempt

[@manana1444]

@@ZachLDB If anything that would be whataboutism. At least get your fallacies right.

[@ZachLDB]

@@manana1444 “A straw man (also known as "strawman") argument is one in which the person sets up and then attacks a position that is not actually being debated. The term "straw man" refers to a straw-filled scarecrow, a literal dummy that is easily attacked and destroyed, as opposed to a logical, critically-thinking human opponent.”

[@manana1444]

@@ZachLDB He didn't set up any sort of position though (i.e. exaggerating, misrepresenting or fabricating argument), all he did was point out the hypocrisy of Russia being the opposite side of the same coin.

[@MisterSplendy]

Good. Russia cannot be as bad as The ravaging effect of the US, France, and the UK.

[@Percival5]

Western trolls wont like this

[@TheCentristChad]

Africa: "Decolonization was a mistake. Bring back the empires" Europe: "We told you so. You never listen"

[@kagnetix6674]

Considering how America has a US army base in every single European country roughly, alongside owning Europe by making it rely on US for economic and full military support seen with this Ukraine war. Isn't Europe just a American colony

[@Pointi69]

I am very ok with that.

[@jmhorange]

@@kagnetix6674 Yep, but don't let the Europeans know. The best kind of colonies are those that don't believe they are colonies and equal partners with us Americans.

[@mappingshaman5280]

no african ever said that save maybe boers/ british south africans who dont really count

[@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197]

Name 1 African who said that. That is if you're not a pathetic liar.

[@geistlos333]

disliking because you're freaking pronouncing "junta" wrong - the "j" is pronounced like an "h" - it's a freaking Spanish word.

[@Curt_Johnston]

Jesus..

[@Curt_Johnston]

Or should I say “hey Zeus”

[@gnoe70]

Deep breath brother it’ll be okay. Improper pronunciation won’t hurt you I promise.

[@blackrose3653]

Are you by any chance... stupid? You realise that different places (ig) have different pronunciations? Like grow up no one cares

[@alexandernico8930]

@@Curt_Johnstonnice one