Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been outstanding for quite a long time, and for this reason, the United States has flaunted its military might all over the world, but in recent years, the brilliance of the United States has obviously dimmed a lot. What is particularly striking is that the United States, which used to station troops overseas, is now being ordered to expel its customers everywhere.
Not long ago, the United States encountered another embarrassing incident.
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on May 4, both U.S. and Nigerien officials have confirmed that although U.S. troops have not yet withdrawn from Niger, the Russian army has directly entered Niamey's 101 Air Base, the capital of Niger, the U.S. military base in Niger. Of course, the US and Russian troops are not in the same room, but they also live next to each other, which is extremely embarrassing, and the 1,000 US troops who remain in Niger are just watching.
It is reported that the base is not only stationed in the US military, but also stationed about 150 Italian soldiers and about 100 German soldiers. In response, US officials said that the US side will continue to monitor the situation and will take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of US personnel and facilities.
As a result, what to do with the U.S. facilities in Niger will become a matter of concern, which raises the suspicion that the Russian military is afraid of taking over these U.S. facilities in the future.
What do you think?
First, the stationing of the Russian army seems to imply to the world that the US military can almost be said to have been squeezed out of Niger by the Russian army.
In recent years, Russian military personnel have made "great progress" in Africa in the name of counter-terrorism, and Russia's influence in Africa has continued to expand, and almost everywhere Russia's strategic tentacles go, it has been accompanied by the withdrawal of the United States and Western forces. First, the French army was expelled from Mali, and then the French army and the American army were successively "expelled from the country" by Niger. It can be seen that in the game in Africa, the United States and the West cannot gain the upper hand in front of Russia, but rather look quite embarrassed.
Second, the Russian army entered the US base too quickly, as if it was deliberately "disarming" the United States.
After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, US-Russian relations seem to have dropped to a freezing point, and now, the Russian-Ukrainian war is still ongoing, and the United States is escalating sanctions against Russia while resuming military aid to Ukraine, and even intends to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, which will inevitably escalate Russia's dissatisfaction with the United States. Of course, Russia does not want to break out into a direct military conflict with the United States, but Russia cannot swallow this breath and always wants to find another way to retaliate against the United States.
Third, it seems that the United States will not be able to maintain its hegemonic position.
It is not uncommon for Russia to work against the United States all year round, but from Africa to Asia, more and more small countries are throwing their faces at the United States, which shows that the United States is lonely today.
The European Union also sees the decline of the United States and can't help but pierce the window paper. According to a report on the 4th, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell said on the 3rd that the United States has lost its "hegemonic status" and the international order established after the Cold War no longer exists.
Borrell particularly stressed the importance of giving play to the role of the European Union, and it seems that with the shaking of US hegemony, the desire of the European allies of the United States to get rid of the control of the United States has become stronger and stronger.