as many as 80 russian guns-for-hire ambushed and killed in mali; pax americana, goodbye

By Jerry PDX
sunday, october 6, 2024 at 10:33:00 a.m. edt

Possibly as many as 80 russian guns for hire ambushed and killed in mali:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/africa/russian-mercenaries-wagner-killed-mali-intl-latam/index.html

I say possibly because casualty estimates vary but it's the worst loss for russian paramilitaries in africa. What are the russians doing in africa anyways? I thought the US and Europe was responsible for all the evil military adventurism in the land of Wakanda, at least according to the left. Things have changed though, the Russian influence is growing and China now the dominant economic influence in Africa:

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/russias-growing-footprint-africa

The Wagner mercenaries have a reputation for extreme brutality:

https://www.csis.org/analysis/massacres-executions-and-falsified-graves-wagner-groups-mounting-humanitarian-cost-mali

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58009514

The brics alliance appears to be helping to drive this shift in global power dynamics:

https://www.reuters.com/world/brics-poised-invite-new-members-join-bloc-sources-2023-08-24/

The left is noticeably silent about these developments on the world stage. Back in the day they were enraged about US “imperialism” and any kind of tampering with foreign regimes. But when it’s non-Whites like the chinese, eastern bloc countries, or islamic regimes, then they aren’t the least bit concerned. Apparently, a lot of africans are concerned and are violently resisting these “kinder and gentler” imperialists.

I realize that is a simplistic analysis, the west is financing and arming some of those groups fighting against the russians, some of them may even be islamics and those alliances may shift and change, depending on political and economic circumstances.

The idea that if the U.S. backed off and let these 3rd worlders completely alone that the world would be peaceful and idyllic is absurd. No U.S. means there is a vacuum and others will step up and fill that space. As much complaining as the world does about the U.S. being the dominant economic and military power, they are discovering that allowing certain rivals to gain the advantage isn’t such a good thing after all.