Step1: send US soldiers on a "training mission" in some new country Step2: inevitably some of the US soldiers will get ambushed and killed Step3: exploit the ineptness of president Trump to make sure that the deaths in Niger are widely known Step4: sow doubt that that the US troops had sufficient "support" Step5: ESCALATE! Bring in troops, aircraft, planes, military hardware, deadly toys Step6 : wreck the country and kill lots of people Step7: PROFIT!!
Step2: inevitably some of the US soldiers will get ambushed and killed
Step3: exploit the ineptness of president Trump to make sure that the deaths in Niger are widely known
Step4: sow doubt that that the US troops had sufficient "support"
Step5: ESCALATE! Bring in troops, aircraft, planes, military hardware, deadly toys
Step6 : wreck the country and kill lots of people
Step7: PROFIT!!
You read it here first.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/world/africa/niger-attack-dunford.html
QUOTE: After another hour, he said, French aircraft and warplanes were on the scene.
Implication: It took those Frenchies a whole hour to get there -- clearly we need to install a local airbase. ESCALATE!
Note: Don't be confused: FIrst one hour delay to get the call for help out, then one hour delay from France.