I wouldn’t downplay Reagan’s ‘peace through strength’ dynamic, but I’d also look at China as increasingly pulling strings on the continent.
It’s actually a fairly easy explanation. You have ONE tin-pot despot who wants some toys, for gawd-know-whatever-reason, and immediately all the neighboring countries feel that have to get some also..
C'mon now. You don't really expect those those tinhorn despots to spend the hundreds of millions of dollars to fight AIDS we send them to fight AIDS do you?
They won’t maintain them. It takes discipline and money to maintain a weapon system. Africans don’t have a surplus of those.
You need a fighter jet for all the thugs with hyenas.
Unlike the United States, these African countries see the world for what it really is, uncivilized, and those who don’t do what’s necessary to survive in an uncivilized world will not survive, nor do they deserve to survive.
Because the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.
In mineral rich African nations, the presidents for life and their people enjoy watching fighter tournaments.
The tribesmen of these mineral rich nations have a variety of popular contests centered around these fighters.
All of these contests involve a chieftain in full regalia sitting in the cockpit while opposing teams of tribesmen push these fighters out onto fields and like medieval jousting tournaments push them towards each other while drums beat and throngs of frenzied onlookers cheer.
Once contact has been made between the fighters, the contest may pause to determine which tribe's team caused greater damage to the other fighter, or the teams just continue pushing until one of the fighters is pushed backwards at which point victory is declared.
Sometimes, multiple tribes are involved in contests, in which tribesmen from multiple tribes simultaneously push their fighters together in a contest resembling an automotive "smash up derby".
Spare parts contracts for these fighters are reported to be very lucrative.
they want to Join In on the Destruction Of Israel?
Because if you don’t feed a jet for 3 months at a time, it doesn’t complain. People on the other hand? Pesky things for a socialist dictator.
I bet there will be good money for out of work US vets in flying these things.
We can’t have Armageddon without enough weapons and people.
bling for the africa-rich... Easy answer.....because my grandmother wants to fly jets!
Possible? Try more likely than not.
I think that picture about sums it up. Sudan is a country of grinding poverty that has been in civil war for decades. Their president is a wanted war criminal who can't set foot in most countries or he'll be arrested. They are instigators trying to destabilize most of their neighbors. Yet here is a picture of two fighter planes worth tens of millions of dollars which are used to bomb non-muslim goat herders in the mountains. And a freaking UN plane which most likely brought in a case of medical supplies and a battalion of bureaucrats.
Why? Because the tin-pot dictator’s cousin can collect a hefty “consulting” fee (i.e., bribe) for arranging the sale of the plane.
Dictator gets weaponry, and a rake-off. The only losers are the dictator’s taxpayers.
Why? Because the tin-pot dictator’s cousin can collect a hefty “consulting” fee (i.e., bribe) for arranging the sale of the plane.
Dictator gets weaponry, and a rake-off. The only losers are the dictator’s taxpayers.
Africa’s despots, self-designated “generals” and elected by force and fraud rulers are by and large ignorant, power hungry fools who just want to steal everything their countries have and put the money in an overseas hideout.
They enter into these military supply contracts to buy toys few of their military personnel can understand to use or fix as it is way to extract bribes and skim off money. Plus, fancy jets and missiles are like gold braid on military hats and epaulettes—prestige items.
The countries that supply these goods are just as venal and feckless, USA included. It’s a jobs program, a way to steer pork to localities and there is some skimming on this end too.
China has much influence in these African countries...I would assume the military hardware is going straight to China...And the ones doing the selling I’m sure are well aware of it...