US Forces Combat in Niger is a Nightmare
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What are the goals and history of US military intervention in Niger? The first time most Americans heard of US operations in the west african country was when a group of US Army Special Forces were ambushed during a patrol on October 5th, 2017. The ambush near the village of Tongo Tongo was the deadliest incident for US forces in Africa since the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu. As a result the American public was both confused and outraged at the lack of information about US military missions on the African continent.
Written by: Chris Cappy & Diego Aceituno
Video Edited by: Michael Michaelides
This prompted a series of congressional inquiries and a Department of Defense investigation. These have had lasting consequences that reach all the way to the events unfolding in Niger today. The reports ended up blaming the individual soldiers and lower levels of command instead of higher ups taking responsibility. So what really happened in Niger? Why was the Pentagon accused of lying about the incident? Was there a CIA cover up? And why were over 800 US troops even in Niger in the first place? What were American interests were they really protecting? I’m your average infantryman Chris Cappy you're watching Task & Purpose let's analyze that.
Niger is a large landlocked country in West Africa that is home to over 25 million people. 80% of the country is covered by the Sahara desert which means most of the population live in the Sahel. The Sahel This is a narrow band of transitional desert-savanna climate along the south that crosses through Niger and its neighboring countries. The dry landscape and frequent droughts make for a harsh environment. This has led to the country having the unfortunate distinction of ranking highest in the world on the UN Poverty Index. Niger is a former French colony that gained independence in 1960, but government instability, corruption, and ethnic divisions made for a rocky 50 year period. This all culminated in a military coup in 2010 that returned the country to some semblance of parliamentary democracy for a period.
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Dude that's thumbnail 😂
I'm going to Tongo Tongo on my holidays
More fantastic work
@@FXHUND-pk3gkif Cappy would stay like that at nigers border ECOWAS would immediately retreat to Pretoria
Speak the truth!! You know that they went there for the African resources. Period!! Call it what it is. The west continue to steal the resources of Africa. Even after stealing and enslaving millions of Africans and bruterlising them for centuries. This revisionist history is not working.
"...A private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war." -- Lt. Col. Paul Yingling
our xo lost his....he vanished
@@RocksNRuts4 wait like he was fired or he got vanished
@@Thatotter223 lol he lost it so he was fired, booted
"stay strapped or get clapped" - Roanoak Gaming
We were flying NOE on a large scale late night airmobile OP... when bird off to our left banked and we saw a battle rifle fly out. Sadly, the Ranger who lost his rifle... thought it prudent to reach out for his rifle... only it caused him to fall out of his bird. We last saw both plunging into the darkness below... and out of view. We never did locate him nor his rifle a few days later when we returned post-OP.
Better to lose your rifle... and live. In my opinion.
Im from staff sgt Dustin Wrights home town and knew him personally. I dont believe a word the pentagon says about the operators going rogue. They got hung out to dry were refused back up multiple times and then were blamed for the superiors sloppy work. Dustin was a man of integrity and bravery. He deserved better from the military than what he recieved. RIP buddy 😢
On RUclips, there is a recreation of the engagement with vehicles, dismounts, and the Mike force. Although the individual SF guys were no doubt fully competent, their movements during the operation turned into a soup sandwich quickly. Guys got left behind, loss of accountability and situational awareness of dismounted troops, vehicles did U-turns and got shot up, then couldn’t reach the guys that got left behind. Then it became a running withdrawal. True fog of war chaos. The painful truth is that the AAR assessment was accurate.
Let's be real. It failed cause Niger was ready and knew we were instigating a fight with multiple african countries. Thought we could do it quite without media attention....... Everyone look at ukraine they'll say. While nato attacks the roots of Africans world wide and try to hide it. Soldiers serve to protect our citizens. Instead get used and gangsters to protect corporate interests. Africa wants justice for colonization. And they want a fair exchange for resources we steal. Our soldiers are heroes no cronies.
@@blackhawk7r221Exactly. One has not to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out. The Soldier’s made so many mistakes it was programmed what was about to happen. The rebel’s who attacked them we’re battle hardened highly mobile unit’s. They we’re able to outflank them plus the much bigger number of man made the outcome predictable.
@@blackhawk7r221 I read the book Sacrifice by Michelle Black, the widow of Bryan Black where she goes into more detail about the breakdown in coordination during the battle. ODA 3212 had never trained with the partner Niger forces before. This mission was the first time they had partnered up. Furthermore Niger is a country with 11 official languages but has 23 languages in total. The Americans were heavily dependent on their local interpreter for communicating with the Niger partner forces. When the shooting started, their interpreter supposedly legged it according to Michelle's findings from her interviews with surviving team members.
As ODA-3212 attempted to exfil the area, the team went above and beyond trying to make sure all the partner forces were extracted using what little they knew of French and the dominant local language. In the confusion, some men got separated leading to the deaths of 4 US SF and 5 Nigeriens.
Isn’t the M.O for the US to say anyone is a sepremicist dictator blah blah blah
It was particularly distasteful when the bar stool commandos threw Johnson--the black troop--under the bus…..calling him a coward & deserter. He was later found dead with 18 bullet wounds & empty magazines. Video recovered later confirmed Johnson fought to the end. Awarded the Silver Star.
I'm happy to hear that the truth was made known in the end. Those assumptions were really awful. I can only guess that people who said that were projecting themselves, b/c they knew they would have tried to cut and run. They couldn't imagine anyone else having the resolve to do more than that.
Sounds like a case of "diffusion of responsibility".
Gen. Wallhausen needs to befriend Gen. Shoigu. They have so much in common!
"..Johnson-the black troop.." So was Johnson black? If so, why was that relevant?
@@oleopathicwhy are you going from comment to commenting saying the same irrelevant stupid comment?
@@olliefoxx7165 It's relevant because the bar stool commandos speculated that Johnson was in on the ambush. As if somehow him being an African American made him side with the enemy...
Brain rot is definitely spreading.
Wherever there’s oil, there’s the US “protecting that country’s interests except for their own Keystone pipelines.
We often talk how badly Mexican, Russian or Ukrainian governments are corrupt. We just do a better job at covering up…
Apples to oranges. There are levels to corruption.
You just call it lobbying!
Yup
Our government isn't just corrupt, it's run by traitors.
i dont think theres a soul on planet earth that will say any democratic country on earth isnt riddled with corruption
As an American I’m so tired of us getting involved into things constantly, most Americans don’t support these pointless wars it’s the government that does
Nigeria will the graveyard for American soldiers
@@irwan3064 do what? Lol
The government supports their backers. It's all about control of resources to make money. Always has been.
@@irwan3064imagine dying for Raytheon
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@pasofino9583 so many have man and many more will.
This sounds suspiciously like a failure of leadership from someone with authority and connections who has been doing all they can to push the blame away from themselves.
The fact in the end the French were the ones who saved most of the American operators with the Air power shows a little bit about the political circunstances of US operations in Níger. The US has a lot of resources but they decided not to use them and in the end the delay was probably due to negotiations with the French to help(because France was way more envolved in the Region already). Not having a Quick reaction force means someone above Captain Perozini did not anticipate because that is a tool for higher level officers, so they believed this was a safe mission. It is important to remind that around this time Russia allegedly started to pay bounties on American troops(big scandal of Putin and Trump meeting in 2017), and it is clear the Intel of those militants was sharp. In Afganistan around 2006-2009 American troops also took casualties probably due to the lack of resources available to that war given Iraq, Obama then surged which required very unpopular measures to retain personal and use of national guardsman reserves.
I’m sure whoever it was has been taken off command👍🏼
Wasn't there a documentary about the incident?
I think it sounds like politically motivated move by traitors in the military who had orders from higher ups not to allow and large conflicts to form. They were protecting the African militants, because they did want a battle big enough to make big news, and because they wanted to remain in favor with the Niger government.
@@rael5469Afghanistan BIDEN. see it works both ways.
In Vietnam, air power was just minutes away from a team in trouble. If a team was about to be over run, they called "broken arrow" over their radio. This required every available aircraft to fly toward the team. Sometimes there were so many aircraft, they were stacked up, circling and waiting to drop their ordnance. I would say that the US Army was at fault in Niger for not having a plan. So it's classified.
The US still lost the Vietnam war regardless. Imagine if they didn't have air support
@@michaelerzuah1105not cuz of military defeat tho what
@@michaelerzuah1105 Politicaly, because no one wanted to support the containment of communism anymore. The NVA was kicked to the curb then the sympathizers like Vietcong, Chinese trooos came and made it harder for the Alliance, US, UK, Australia, South Korea, and Philippines
Stop watching nam movies
@@michaelerzuah1105 Also they killed civilians by the millions and got a lot of their fellow soldiers killed because of their narcissistic and egoistic behaviours.
@@michaelerzuah1105 The US did not "lose" the Viet Nam war. All the American combat troops had been removed 2 years prior to the fall of Saigon. It was the South Vietnamese that lost that war. How can we lose it if we aren't there?
As a former SF operator years ago i always hate to hear when the guys at the ODA level get blamed for crap that took place several levels above them. Unfortunately it happens all too often. Thanks for reporting this one. We still have PMC in place there, that’s not classified or I wouldn’t know about it being long out of the service. A friend just came back from there last year.
They will all be crushed just like in Black Hawk Down.
Shit rolls downhill.
Whatever the premise of that mission, stopping to bumrush some bandits in the middle of nowhere with no support, when you're not supposed to be making war there seems a bit aggredious.
Bad call in hindsight, people died - officers gotta wear that. Such is war, I mean, 'training and advising'.
Well said.
@@onylra6265 standard ambush doctrine is escape the kill zone and counter-attack the ambush from a more advantageous position. Its Army Battle Drill #4. It may not have worked out but no decision in combat is made with full knowledge of the circumstances.
@@masterlightjames950how so?
Watching the footage pissed me off so much. They fought bravely and never abandoned each other. Truly brothers in arms R.I.P.
Isn’t standard ambush procedure to keep moving, why did they stop?
@dingus6317 From what I gathered from the footage they tried as best they could to exfil but got overrun by insurgents on foot and in technicals. They had sustained casualties(likely fatal) while withdrawing in the non armored SUVs.
@@dingus6317we stopped all the time in Iraq. You take any fight you think you can win. It was only a small amount of fire at first. But we had armored vehicles and crew served weapons on every one. Never should have with unarmed pickups
@@dingus6317depends on the situation.
@@FighteroftheNightmanit probably wasn't their 1st firefight and they were used to taking on smaller groups. Unfortunately, it looks like they were betrayed by the chief of Tongo Tongo and he gave info to the rebels. They probably knew the size and strength of the ODA unit and their weapons. Only the skill of the Green Berets and their allies saved them from being massacred. RIP Sergeant Johnson.
My bossmans son enlisted in the USMC around February this year 23’. He had orders to ship out to training sometime around march next year. Seemed stupid long. He gets a call this past monday, hes ship date is now this coming monday, they dont even know what time his plane leaves yet, a seriously frantic move on behalf of the Corps. This kid is smart and can weld so he was told his MOS or whatever changed. Hes no longer a civil engineer, hes a combat engineer effectively immediately for 2 years. This tells me Sam is anticipating breaching a front line soon since thats what combat engineers do. They clear the way for infantry. Install bridges and clear mines and such. Makes me nervous.
Probably going to Poland
@@MrJohnTripperson Maybe. The marines have been eying the pacific a lot. They ditched their tanks because they're no good in island hopping campaigns. America went from wanting to be able to fight a 2 front war just in case to actively planning a 2 front war. America is the Great Satan. @Seal Did he join for $ or a sense of duty? I don't think God will look kindly on Hesshian mercenaries. This one time George Washington crossed the icy deleware on christmas eve just to slit their throats and he will always be remembered as a hero no matter what they say and how many statues of his contemporaries (for now) they tear down. Inshallah one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter, PBUH.
Maybe for the uranium and gold mines there
They prepare and plan ahead to meet anticipated challenges yes. But they are also struggling with recruitment, especially to fill specialized roles. So don’t jump to conclusions, the marines are pretty unlikely to significantly deploy to Europe anyway, if there is a conventional war with Russia they would be needed even more than now to stand to deter China in the pacific. So I wouldn’t worry too much tbh, for the time being anything he’s likely to face danger in, will likely result in nuclear war and end us all anyway.
China is coming....
10/10 channel I couldn’t dream of getting this type of coverage from an actual news/information network. Thank you for your service
I would like to ask a question. Do you consider me a ccp shill? Be honest i beg you
@@u2beuser714 what are you on about
LoL. This guy just told you it wasn’t really the US fault that the US destroyed Libya & sent them back to the Stone Age because something something & there was “unrest”.
So Americ an intelligence funds & arms terrroristsz, creates “strife” & now all of a sudden they have the moral authority to now go intervene directly, wage war, & do regime changge. They call it the “War on Terror” & boom, now it’s totally cool & Kosher.
Gotta love Spook logic.
But go on telling us how this guy is “different” from corporate media
Oh and ditto for Niger. The whole point of this propgnda video. “
Hey guys, it’s cool that the US is meddling & wrecking shtt in Niger”
@@BESTMOAD im serious man
The instability in Libya is definitely caused by the US taking out the government and then bouncing
It was France spearheaded the intervention.
There are some photos of supposed foreign agents around then Gadaffi executed.
Yes, obviously.
what else are americans good at other than wasting taxpayer money?
@@xking21 making everyone's lives easier? your phone, the internet, youtbe, your car, the plane in which you go on vacations, you can thank Americans for all those things
all of these things you have mentioned are produced or provided by many other countries than US. @@Powerhaus88 Bro, americans didnt invent cars or phones....
I love how accountability and integrity are hard to find even in the military.
… Above the rank of 0-4 in officer ranks and E-8 in enlisted ranks. Below those ranks accountability is a heavy and inevitable hammer while your head rests on an anvil; it’s very hard to avoid consequences.
No accountability when corrupt politicians run the show, it's how they buy loyalty from the US military leadership..
Crab rolls downhill. If you’ve ever been in the military, which, obviously you haven’t, you would know this and enlisted men get hung out to dry all the time I’m just part of the gig.
Close air support is one of the greatest tools modern commanders have at their disposal. Why any mission that might result in enemy contact isn't planned with CAS from the start is beyond me. 😥
The problem is, as this mess and US training of Afghan soldiers shows, there is too much reliance on air support.
@@cplcabs Americans especially are use to seeing their troops with superior fire power and air support. This is the real world were that is not the case at all times.
You only have access to what’s available. Doesn’t matter what you want.
@@cplcabs Green Berets will fucking fight, I have seen countless video footage and reports, Green Berets will mostly take the fight to the enemy, they don't just honker down and rely on air support. As you see in this video, they went for flanks. The problem is, the OP was stupid, they had no CAS or QRF on station.
This sounds like a mission to protect French oil.
Why was requested backup denied?
WTF?
Excellent video! Somewhat like you, I was an Average Airborne Infantryman, and this situation absolutely smacks of malfeasance by superior officers. Keep up the good work!
My cousin swapped places with one of the guys killed during the Tongo Tongo ambush. It was supposed to be an "easy" job, and guy was supposed to go home in a few days to meet his new daughter. So cousin, not knowing enough about the job, traded him an undisclosed "hard" job for an "easy" job, and cousin ended up doing light work while his friends and team members ended up on LiveLeak screaming for support. Cousin was in the heavily armed team that tried to support the TT team and was made to stand down. TT had asked for armored vehicles and armed ISR support along with a QRF team in advance and were denied. Like the video states, command did not expect a major issue and they were sent in bare assed
Big Benghazi vibes from this story in terms of support from superiors. I know the world is complicated so I try not to just say "we should do this" or "shouldn't do that" in terms of geopolitics, but if we ARE going to be playing in the mud we shouldn't be too timid about getting our hands dirty. Too often our best troops are left in unwinnable situations due to the interests of discretion, low profile, or whatever buzz words. Too often it ends up stinking of cover ups, conspiracy, and sell out. That's what led into the Black Hawk Down disaster (proper air cover denied from higher ups) and the Benghazi embassy attack.
good.colonizer
@@iprofox3758 Decolonization was a front to hand control over to the Chinese and Russian communists and it went badly.
🙏 rip
@iprofox3758 you don't understand the definition of the word colonizer
I am Nigerian and my advise to the US is to stay out of it. It will not make matters better, only worse. Just stay out of it.
yeah the tax paying peasants in the USA dont want it either bud, its the overlords that direct the military making these decisions. they dont care about what the citizens want or need in their homeland, they def wont care what you want or need.
Will they stay out voluntarily
So that Islamist control the oil? Sorry, no!
The CIA also helped to create the instability in Libya before gaddafi’s unfortunate demise. A fact often left out, we’re always using a little espionage here and there.
In this video that was glosssed over. Gaddaffi was very popular with the Libyan people. Oil dollars were put into free healthcare, education and housing. Then he went and brought up the idea of de-dollarisation...bang. The Saddam tried..bang. Now Russia has got a big gang to do the same. A wounded animal; is the most dangerous.
@@breifne555 Ghadafi had 35 years of prior rebellions and a falling HDI since the mid 80s, his people hated him, don't lie.
@@Mortabluntsure mate
@@breifne555was he was laughed at by educated students hence why he used public executions. 😂
All there online @@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 Read it and weep, monster lover.
This has always been a criminally underrated channel. Cappy holds it down with interesting topics, fair analysis and decent humor
True that ^^ Needs more sharing and good word by mouth & wicked wide web 🙂
The French Mirages flying low to signal their friendlies must have sounded like such a relief to the SF operators
I am glad this isn't a British problem. the words "quagmire" and "hydra" come to mind. You need to be very cautious and learn from British and french past mistakes. I hope Americans actually look at British history at least to avoid our mistakes.
You think the US is acting without the backing and support of the British in anything they do? The city of London is the financial arm and the US is the military arm of the rulers who control the New world order.
It doesn't appear that we even learn from our own mistakes, let alone someone else's
Aren't we, Americans, one of your mistakes. J/k (much love)
Big BS, Murican will helps their dear colonizer friend France once again.
Which is Vietnam 3.0 in a Nutshell
Between the fact we're in Niger due to the French, and had to deal with Afghanistan (who drew those borders again?) makes your comment kinda funny. Seems like you guys just gave up and let somebody else be the international punching bag.
Here we go again. Please Western Powers, let Africans sort out African issues
Western powers basically stealing all their shit is the problem.
Y’all can’t seem to sort them out without falling back to the “biggest gun rules” philosophy, and it always seems to spawn problems for the west too.
Yes. Lol. Let the continent eat itself
We can’t. Need your resources
@mcarrowtime7095 the whole reason they could sort them out was because of western intervention in the first place...when will you lot get this?
I worked in the Sahel. To your question about the troops removing body armor, it was because of the oppressive heat and the quick dehydration of the body in those conditions. I know first hand.
Blaming a junior officer that was sent into the mess, without air support, pathetic.
As soon as he said "US help overthrow the Dictator Gaddafi " lol I knew the territory we walking into..
Can you imagine wanting so desperately to go into the fight to help your brothers only to be told no by the higher ups? Can’t imagine such a helpless feeling.
Makes you wonder who is the enemy.
Say what you want about Gaddafi. Libya was the most stable nation in Africa until NATO and the US decided they needed a dose of "freedom" from 15000ft.
One of the most stable and most rapidly growing, with the intent to open up a gold-backed currency independent of the US Dollar, Franc, Pound, Yuan, or Euro.
I kind of agree, but he did kind of go insane toward the end as well. There was increasing protests and he was just massacring the shit out of them. Not popular in his own country. Not saying that it was worth taking him out, but no tears to shed for the piece of shit either.
@@canadianreserveyou have been blinded by the western propaganda, used to help justify the attack on Libya.
Where America has been. That place will never know peace ever again, " spreading democracy"
The country was in the middle of a revolution like most of north africa and the middle east, it was during the whole Arab Spring, not saying the west has no responsibility, but it was a bloody dictatorship trying to prevent being overthrown.
"in the defense of the US"
you shouldnt be in there to begin with
I didn't hear about this entire incident back then, but I"m really happy to see the bit and headline about Mattis backing up the lower ranking soldiers on this. I don't think I've ever read or heard anything negative about him.
Yeah. Because he has a lot of media connections. His hubris cost lives in 2005.
ODA 574 has negative things to say about him.
@@JN1-506what exactly did you expect him to do? I've read the story and no one could give him a bearing on the situation on the ground
sending helicopters into an unknown situation could result in even more lives lost and even worse situation developing, he asked the multiple times
how did they get into contact, are they still in contact, if they are in contact what is the situation on the ground
the green berets responded with "sir we don't think that matters"
@@thelordofcringehubris? what did you expect him to do? based on interviews with the green berets they didnt give him any tactical information at all
they just expected Mattis to blindly send helicopters into a situation he had no knowledge on, he asked them multiple times what situation was and if they were still in contact
even the green berets in their interview stated that "sir we don't think that matters" was their response to Mattis
sending helicopters blindly into a situation can lead to even more casualties which is exactly why the author who published the book you for that information from said he couldn't blame Mattis for the decision
Besides banning the use of British military terms like "kit", all is hunky-dory. Yay, America! (Boo COD) Reece was just that guy from "The Terminator"
Thank you for your service, cappy and team. Both prior service and your current by bringing little known issues to the forefront and using your platform for good. 10/10 pats on the back for you
That's right gotta have mindless pawns to serve the kings.
We regret to inform you your son was killed in action while guarding French and Halliburton Oil interests…
That’s what happens mang
Damn Cappy. The way you told this story made me cry. Always so proud of my brothers fighting for each others lives. Thanks for what you do.
A family member of mine was supposed to go to Mali. After boarding the aircraft they were put on a ground hold for 30 minutes. After that the lead officer on the plan told everyone to get off the plane for a meeting. Turns out the mission had been canceled after they boarded the plane but before the plane had clearance to take off. I found out later that there was a "change" in government in Mali.
Stay safe. Take care. Have fun. 😎
Haha take THAT French Mali right? It's okay it'll be Malian France soon.
@@Drak976??? The French footprint is being wiped out of Africa. Mali has done a good job so far. Wake up it is a new day
Mind your beeswax.....
Its wrong for our government to place blame on operators, especially when they are the ones who order our operators to do things they shouldn't do. Like reconoidering a base with a far superior force, no drone coverage, no backup support or arty support, no extraction plan, and especially when other units are denied to assist. That is the best way I know for operators to end up POW's. This falls directly on command for poor planning.
Special Forces Green Berets are always deployed everywhere, to maintain relations with friendly forces in case actions are necessary and generally leverage local forces to achieve goals, through Foreign Internal Defense and UW missions, which is their primary purpose. Other countries may use mercenaries, US uses Army SF who use locals.
When it comes to the military machine, one hand washes the other. If Army had to clean up their own mess, SEALS would be out of a job
@@luislongoria6621in lone survivor it was the army rescuing the SEALS
US use massively Contractor for train locals but they send them only when it’s too dangerous
@@youngdenard264 What are your specific examples of this and what companies? Also training in what capacity, and by whose authority, for what purpose?
They are there to protect the interest of their country. Looting and stealing resources .
Wow I always wondered what really happened in this incident! Well done! Excellent video presentation!
Disgusting how top officials blamed the lower level soldiers that put their lives on the line.
May the fallen soldiers rest in peace, condolences to their families
The Dictator Gadaffi?? Strange how the word is attached to anyone that opposes US
I did enjoy your video but as an African I always wonder if US/France is in these countries because of the extremists or because of the oil and resources you so briefly mentioned?
Likewise, it was written form a western perspective and was misleading in terms of that issue. France and the USA fund these renegade groups and destabilisw the region in order to justify their presence in the region otherwise they were there to secure the looting of Niger's uranium and resources.
They are the so-called terrorist groups, they need a reason to justify their presence in the country/region and continue exploiting it until the end of the natural resources.
During Gaddafi's era, Libyans used to have free villas, free school, free water and electricity, free health care and interest free loans. Gaddafi's government used to import food and other necessities during the unjust imbargo imposed by the west, and distribute those goods in the Libyan markets for half price of purchase.
If he was a dictator, then what do you call your politicians than have killed coz you cannot afford treatment or you die in the street coz you are homeless, or you go to jail coz you cannot pay your school loan...?
This channel has come a long way. Props my dude
Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger did the people of their countries and pf Africa at large very proud by finally rising up and consolidating their demands for a free and independent West Africa that can determine its own political and economic policy without interference from the greedy and murderous West. Their approach may be unpalatable to those foreign forces who stand to lose their unjust gains in the continent but it is a just approach. This is all that matters. This is all that matters.
you know that wagner is behined these coups right?
So clearly they are russian backed, best way to deal with wagner is to just make the battle of cocona fields look like a fucking tea party.
US and France = West. Roger that. Those countries won't likely stay stable for long as long as US decides to stick their greedy fat fingers in there. At this point Africa is fucked beyond belief, either it's US going around causing coups left and right or country gets relatively stable and they become financially enslaved by China.
Yes because overthrowing democracies for a junta is much more free and fair.
@@bizbe4465 Better than overthrowing democracies for oil and mineral resources theft by the Imperial West.
@@bizbe4465democracy doesn't equal good. These puppet democracies sold all of their countries resources to Europe and the US for cheap and left people starving with no infrastructure.
There are documentaries/videos about this online.
The operators were denied having significant supporting firepower, denied air support, and acting on poor intelligence.
They were attacked by a numerically superior force, and frankly, is a testimony to their training that they survived as long as they did, even when, during the fog of battle, they were separated.
A tragedy. Once again senior leadership blaming the troops in the field, sending them into a hornet's nest with little support, then trying to cover their pwn asses.
Those soldiers who fought and died that day are true heroes... fighting to the end.
Can't say the same for their senior leadership. Cowards trying to avoid responsibility.
this is why sending any more troops to ignite bigger conflict is gonna be big blunder... small troops, well trained, have way higher chance of survival even with bad leadership but the more troops put there, the easier target they gonna be. It is barely 2 years since disastrous end of afghanistan and lot of people died for same leadership reasons there.
What’s the name of the documentary
Military bureaucracy and idiots in Washington as usual are the problem not our military
ODA 3212 Redacted. @@moneydroplobby5059
Love your investigative journalism reports , Chris! You remind me of another channel that I watch which has commentaries on the War in the Ukraine by Retired Army Col. Macgregor. He clearly states that the Ukraine is losing the war against Russia which is in contradiction to mainstream media reports.
I like the fact you mentioned the unnamed Niger soldiers who died as well - especially because they were literally fighting against their oppression. Good job.
I watched the footage of this a while back, it's interesting to hear exactly what happened, and sad.
Thanks for the video, Cappy.
Thank you for supporting our National heroes by telling their stories to the people of this US Republic; we the people need to know all about the wrong doing that the DOD failed to keep track and neglected to truthfully report stupid decisions from big wigs CO and then blamed our heroes for their failures! Thank you for your support! We need more support from people like you! (Our National Heroes doesn’t need any FUBAR situation like this)
It's always a good sign when people take responsibility for their country. Sometimes the voice of the people in the streets is more democratic than a constitution they don't participate in shaping.
First human comment I’ve seen so far.
Democracy is absolute. If Niger wants the Russians, we have to allow it. Fact is 300 years of western influence have made it a country that jockies for worst country alongside Haiti and Afghanistan, despite it being rich in resources and powering Europe near singlehandedly.
Quality of your content keeps going up! Good work
That thumbnail made me really confused then i remembered the slur is 2 G's not one lmao
Love your content Cappi.....Outstanding work!.......Carry on!
You bring more information about that continent in 2 episodes than western education and journalism did in my lifetime. Thanks and please shed more light.
The frustration of the other operators forced to standby knowing their fellow brothers in arms were getting the shit kicked out of them by some amateurs that had to outnumber them 10 to 1. It must have been gut wrenching
America spent money protect someone else border except their own border
80 million to Israel for a wall. Can't even get a million for our own.
Our politicians sold us out
Few observations:
1. The platoon wasn't really ambushed, it was merely engaged meaning the US forces could have just driven off.
2. US Forces stopped, dismounted and accepted the fight. At this point they thought they could handle them. It WAS Capt. Perozeni himself who led the flanking team. No senior officer ordered him to do that.
3. It was only at that point shit hit the fan and they realized the severity of the situation. By that time it was way too late to send any type of help. Nothing could arrive in minutes. The senior staff did manage to scramble some French fighter jets that did end up helping.
So I don't see what's the problem with the Pentagon's conclusions? It was the Captain Perozeni alone who made the decision to fight the enemy and that led to this disaster. I don't know if he should be punished for it or not since I don't know what kind of intel he had at the time. Clearly he expected it to be a small force.
I was there last year, thank you for covering for this
Thoughts with the American forces and relatives.
We have to face facts. What is going on in West Africa is complicated. No matter how simplified people try to make it look to audiences
He’s speaking about what he heard not what he knows.
It is easy. Go out. close ALL your bases abroad. You only make things worse.
@@germancarrasco2028 No, because that would create a power vacuum that far more nefarious parties (Iran, China, Russia, etc.) would be all too happy to fill.
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@@MelodusDethicus so what stay by force , they want you out , they asked you to leave . its their choice what they do in their country and who they allow in.
Mattis is a god damn G! Was a good Commandant when i was in. Epitome of a good Marine general.
I like that they call it a "disaster" to get ambushed with no support by a better equipped force that outnumber them 3/1 and still got away having killed more than twice as many enemies as they lost. If that´s a disaster what would they call it if the entire force got wiped? It really speaks to the incredible performance standards in the US army.
The Russians routinely do better against men trained to our standards. We're pathetic.
As a 100% disabled and homebound, decorated, combat veteran, we have no business being there, or anywhere else. We aren't the good guys.
O'Barry created Isis.
As an African comments like this is why I don't hate American vets. They've been to most vocal at exposing these foreign wars. As I understand most sign up for genuine patriotic duties but the leaders are the problem. Wish you have a great day.
Africa is home to some of the world's most fierce fighter's equal to Seals, SAS, foreign legion etc. Some groups are trained and have former said SF guys running with them.
We ask so much of our military personnel.
Especially those who have served and continue to serve overseas.
From those small quick acting SF’s teams to Air assets (such as myself), to intelligence and all support personnel.
As I have gotten older I realize just how much we ask of our young people to serve in areas far away from home.
To all those back home in the U.S. please don’t forget that these service personnel are our next door neighbors and to never forget about them and their needs upon their return home.
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@@markbranham7355 you make some valid points for sure!
@@markbranham7355or borders are no longer like they use too be. Our citizens and economy rely on other countries and economies so it's in our interest to help our partners remain stable so we can.
The fact that they were denied backup is completely unacceptable not enough of these commanders are held responsible for their screw ups that cost soldiers their lives
This is another great video!
I feel bad about risking SF in nameless places for they don’t get recognition for their sacrifices. Yet, much like those in riskier espionage jobs, one person in the right place can make as much impact as a battalion in theater later in time. SF will have to bear with bloody noses from time to time to prevent greater blood loss in the future.
Looking forward to your next clip on NIGER Coup. It’s looking like countries are stacking up over this one, like two gangs in the street squaring off each other… I’ll be make sure to watch your video twice.
Pay attention to the fact the people aren't waving Stars And Stripes in the streets.
It's crazy how fast Niger's population is growing. in 1960 it was 3 million and today its 25 million with 99% of that growth being natural and with next to no immigration. Today its birth rate still remains at its 1960s level at 7.0 children per family but with a much higher life expectancy.
That's actually a big problem.
That will lead to war and massacre.
@@pierredelato5356not a problem at all. Africa has all the natural resources to survive, they just need to get other folks out.
@@princesstaleia9259 having the natural ressources doesn't mean they'll survive...
Must never saw Africa to think that it will end up good for them.
Between the ethnics and socials tension it will only end up in massacre if occidentals aren't helpinh them
Maybe other places in Africa have the natural resources Niger does not. It is dry almost impossible to grow anything. Also one or two uranium mines is not enough to support 25 million people. It is cheaper to mine other places that have better infrastructure.
@@mshepard2264 the secret is to keep digging, there's water,etc. Why do think other countries have this vested interest. Africans are finally waking up.
A general that wasn't man enough to take the blame and to make it worse, placed the blame on dead soldiers.
The most amazing thing about "classified" is that it helps to cover and hide flops. The biggest one is Dieppe raid in WWII where hindreds of Canadians were sent to their deaths. The raid was discovered by the enemy and instead of cancelling they allowed them to go into the trap. Everyone died. It remained classifies until 1996 and then it was said that it provided important lessons for D-day. In the meantime families could not even mourn the loved ones as it would mean to expose the flop.
I am always baffled that people seem surprised that SF and similar take part in active operations while "training" other forces. An active operation is like a final exam for the troops they are training... and those top tier units aren't supposed to be staffed by REMFs.
"Training."
No lie, the French fighter that scrambled the enemy by flying overhead to avoid (potentially) dropping ordinance on friendly forces is a G
Story summary: high command was used decentralization as a way of bypassing permissions, if shit happened they blame the operators, who were unofficially ordered to do a mission...
I didn't even know this happened.
I wasn't into geopolitics back then.
It’s all on video too
It was a big deal at the time; a bunch of supposedly badass US SOF folks killed by 'rebels'.
It was briefly mentioned on network news while "Crooked Hillary" was smashing her unsecured phones with a hammer over Benghazi
Excellent reporting as always. Even more respect for Mattis - thankfully he had the balls ( and the power) to keep the higher-ranking officers from dumping on the lower-level officers.
Yet they did and weren’t punished
@@tomhenry897 Yes they were punished, Perozeni's superior LTC David Painter had his COL promotion denied, and Painter's boss COL Brad Moses has his promotion to BG denied too.
What are USA military bases doing in Africa?
Being French, I remember hearing about leaks suggesting that the French military was upset with theway the US had carried the operation; I don't remember the details tho
All the borders England and France drew were problematic as hell. And conflicts have festered in all of these regions since.
But it's America's fault D:
@@economiccrisis9267It is partly Americas fault
Exactly and using them as vassals US is responsible for their behavior!
Conflicts festered before. New to African history?
@@marcosburgos8415 that's a big nope
The bodycam footage of this ambush is still some of the most disturbing I've ever seen, even after everything coming out of Ukraine.
They fought to the very end.
Excellent coverage.
Niger ranks highest on poverty index... NOW LETS TALK ABOUT WALLETS
Do you realize how the families involved are feeling about this whole affair still to this day? They all came near to a hundred plus enemy ISIS guerrillas, and the only thing standing between them and the enemy were two Toyota pickups that got shot up to s*** and was looted & dragged in the end all while trying to figure out ways of getting out of the mess for almost 4 hours straight.
Love the digital visuals of the battle
Outstanding.
Very interesting video, I'd love if you made the same with the French Military in Niger as there are currently about 1500 french soldiers stationed there.
Let's hope not for long. Somehow imperialism is cool if it has an accent and goes haha uio uio.
You make genuinely interesting videos with insightful commentary, presenting points of view that I haven't always thought of. Military videos etc. aren't my usual playlist but I make an exception for your videos :)
The instability is being caused by the very same "international interests" that yield nothing for local economies and everything for those that claim to be intervening. Have the people of Niger ever said they needed intervention? The only interest here is the strategic placement of Niger in relation to Nigeria and its oil.
“Unending mission to liberate the oppressed” … that comes across as a little naive, but it would be nice to believe it were true.
Yes, when applied as it is today. The original context was European and the liberation of Eastern Europe from Soviet domination. Made more sense then and there. The missions now are more geo-political and further from the original intent and moral justification.
It's the official motto of US Special Forces, so it makes sense to honor the fallen Green Berets with the phrase.
It's about cheap uranium.
It's as BS as "spreading democracy".
@@SBCBearsThat feel when the Soviets are brutally crushing a revolt in Hungary so you invade Egypt with Israel and the UK
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Thank you for sharing
Get out,Stay out and don't come back.
Someone really wanted to put the n-word with one less g and ambush together in the thumbnail.
And I am sorry to have laughed when seeing it.
That was a fucked up situation. Thank you for this report. Really appreciate your reporting.
Liberate the oppress? I was in a community college last week for constitutional week and a lawyer told us "the United States of America has the most people incarcerated by football numbers"
The fact that something called AFRICOM exists is shameful. It's like there is an overt endorsement of American imperialism at this point.
I've never been a fan of key leader engagements or as I always called them, "Key Ambush Opportunities". I'm really curious as to who thought that was a good idea to do one on the way back through enemy territory. That's just a really weird move to pull. Over in Iraq we never stopped for any more than a few minutes in any place we didn't fully control unless we came in force complete with air assets ready to rain Hell at the first shot of a rifle or thump of a of mortar being launched. One time we even had some Kiowas smoke a Mortar team before the first round even landed. In a situation like this we wouldn't even consider stopping on the way back if the force was almost black on food and water. That alone would be a reason to NOT stop because 8 out of 10 times you stop to do a local leader engagement in bad guy country guess what happens. You fucking run into bad guys. What a shocker right?
100% right. When black, don’t stop for shit.
They got into that ambush in a bad way. Who do you think was responsible?
Thank you for the clear and concise story telling, happy to have learned about this
Thanks for talking about this incident.
The footage from this ambush is some of the most actually heartbreaking shit I’ve ever seen, and the screams stick with you bad
The screams were added by isis to demoralize the soldiers. In fact the original unedited video didn’t have any audio.
Wtf is US doing in Africa anyway? Oh wait its oil.
We don't hold our politicians accountable, don't expect them to stand up on their own.
Part of me believes in consolidating all overseas bases to friendly territories with common ideals and saving the taxpayers billions of dollars. Another part of me is idealistic about intervention and the positive benefits of stopping terrorism early before it turns into another 9/11. Tough to say. For me personally, I'd close down all bases, even lily pad bases, in Niger, Chad, and other central African nations and consolidate in a place like Morocco or Djibouti.
Yeah it makes sense to strengthen security in Morocco since it next to a major trade choke point
Do none of your remember these "arguments" were the same ones used that got us involved in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Somalia and other places? Not one of those places are better off as a result. Not one. All that did was create more hatred toward America, put us 20 TRILLION deeper in debt, kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and waste ten thousand American lives. How can you still be saying the SAME THINGS?!?!?
It’s about oil. Certain governments want to nationalize their natural resources and build a PanAfrican coalition and currency. At least according to Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. The west is losing vassal states in which they’ve invested money into resource extraction. Nigerian govt doesn’t want to be next.
Do that and other countries like Russia China, and equivalent PMCs will take the place
@@markrtoffeeman They invest very differently.
I think a very appropriate response to our failings abroad, with regard to taking responsibility at the level appropriate (political or military) in cases such as this, would be to have a policy set. That policy would be: to have every official operating under the authority of the Department of State, in a country with a history of conflict and possibility of conflict, be supervised in that country by an officer that has had combat experience. This person would be vested with a quick reaction force order authority.
The criminals don't even have any business there!
Maybe you Americans should man up and stop complaining when you lose 1, 2 or 3 soldiers. Acting like it's some sort of shocking event.
Soldiers die and that's that.
@@johnbeans2000 ..you mean like my two friends . who's complaining?
@@johnbeans2000 Soldiers do die, but we know they aren’t just that. They are fathers, brothers, husbands, and the government and the military shift blame on each other over them.
We have a very high understanding of this common fate, yet doesn’t mean you should ignore cover ups from the government.
Very informative video.. FACTS! but also please talk about everything even if its for the next video and especially now Africans want to hear and listen to all that has happened. One thing we do know for sure Africa as a whole and Niger aren't dealing with it any more. They are tired of all the destabilization in their country and are removing problems as they go. Africa is changing more than ever now and has assessed all problems and have long realized the issues but didn't make change until they started seeing the hate directed towards them unequal rights especially from France and other European states. Communication between African Americans and the African Diaspora really helped to show the history of all problems with issues with modern day colonizers pushing modern-day slavery. African students not being able to get on trains, buses because the color of their skin was totally a game changer for Africa to really begin looking into major problems African Americans talked about and people of color. Africa is now beginning to remove problems that create problems in Africa and they will completely successful because of Africa has decide to unite and change as a whole as they continue to push the agenda of truth... Sometimes its best to give a country its due if you are going to share and not take of its resources. The relationship would go a long way.