Evidently, the Biden administration considers Americans a low priority, and they are allowed to abandon them in order to cover up their major mistakes. No wonder the military is unable to meet recruiting goals. People don’t want to be blown up like the thirteen Marines killed in Afghanistan or just plain stranded during a terrorist attack in Israel. In your wildest imagination, do you actually believe President Trump would not prioritize the rescue of Americans overseas for any reason?
In an investigative report titled “Unwelcome in Niger: An Interim Report by Congressman Matt Gaetz on the American Troop Crisis in Niger,” Matt Gaetz reveals conversations he has had with service people in Niger, and it makes the Biden administration look like clowns. They have been ordered not to continue their mission, but are forbidden to leave. They have been ordered out of the country by the rebels who now control the country, but U.S. Embassy Ambassador Kathleen Fitz Gibbon and Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché (SDO/DATT) Colonel Nora Nelson-Richter are “covering up” their failures within the country.
They have already been ordered to reword their reports in order to downplay what happened there.
Gaetz stated in his report:
“Since the hostility within the government of Niger that took over in mid-2023, the Department of Defense is unable to execute planned troop rotations or deliver mail, medical supplies, equipment, and other materials. The Biden Administration is actively suppressing intelligence reports about the atmospherics of the Nigerien position to avoid embarrassment for investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a nation where U.S. forces are no longer welcome.”
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELIn March, Niger’s junta’s spokesman, Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, stated during a press conference that the country would be stopping their military cooperation with America, adding that recent U.S. flights over the region were illegal, according to the Associated Press. However, reports later released that the U.S. was quietly working with the Nigerien government to negotiate a way to keep troops on the ground.
Gaetz claimed that service members received “emails where [SDO/DATT] would ask us to reword info in reports which would downplay what happened. All of the major stuff was phone calls,” apparently to avoid leaving a record.
Through the U.S. embassy, information from the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) & Special Operation Command Africa (SOCAF) is allegedly being dismissed or suppressed, actively containing “and/or refut[ing] U.S. intelligence assessments,” the report states.
“When our AFRICOM leaders look to us to provide atmospherics on the ground, they go to the Embassy first and hear a watered down or false story than what is being reported. I know of at least 3 reports from OSI about Nigerien sentiment that have been discredited by the Embassy and turned out to be 100% true,” another service member stated.
Additionally, Gaetz’s report claims that base troops have expressed the strain of medical and hygiene supplies is on the rise. A service member at the blood bank at AB101 told the congressman the supply of malaria medication and other drugs was running low.
“On average, throughout the EABS, each person has an average of 23 days of medication left. The fewest amount is 7 and the highest is 80 pills. Role 1 (Medical)has 1800 pills in stock which equates to a 9-day supply if each EABS member were given an equal number of pills. One consideration, it is illegal to share prescription medication even if it is the same type of medicine,” a service member stated.
