Friday, 26 December 2025
Trump's new war in Nigeria
In nearly 12 months of Trump Part Two, the US has been at war B-2 bomber-style against Iran - the nuke-bashing strikes - at war with rebel forces in Yemen, to stop them launching drones and cruise missiles at merchant ships in the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, at war with Isis in Syria, threatening war of sorts against Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, and now sending missiles and bombs against Isis in Northern Nigeria. Quite a list of aggressive action by a president who wanted and still wants desperately to end the war in Ukraine without having American soldiers involved. Where next will he point his missiles? Not against Russia, that's for sure. But the spat of missile strikes will show the world that Trump means business and the Bad Guys better watch out. But none of these bombing missions is going to change the strategic realities that exist on this planet, vis a vis, Russia and Putin, and China and Xi Zinping. All this other stuff is really peripheral at a time when Putin is seriously trying to recast Russia as a revised Soviet empire, and Xi Zinping is noving closer to his 2027 deadline for resolving the Taiwan issue by force or diplomacy. I can't imagine this Nigeria adventure will do much to stop Isis from its murderous targeting of Christians. And nothing, so far, has caused Putin to worry about carrying on the war against Ukraine.
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