Mike Benz

with the different foreign policy agencies who can play supporting roles. So they give an example of, they're trying to block the Chinese from buying a port in China and the African, I'm sorry. In Africa. In Africa. The African government doesn't want to go through with it. I'll just try to make this as simple as possible.

with the different foreign policy agencies who can play supporting roles. So they give an example of, they're trying to block the Chinese from buying a port in China and the African, I'm sorry. In Africa. In Africa. The African government doesn't want to go through with it. I'll just try to make this as simple as possible.

with the different foreign policy agencies who can play supporting roles. So they give an example of, they're trying to block the Chinese from buying a port in China and the African, I'm sorry. In Africa. In Africa. The African government doesn't want to go through with it. I'll just try to make this as simple as possible.

Basically what ends up happening is the State Department can't get the African government to cooperate. and agree to cancel this port construction. And so they need to buy time before the port is completed for the State Department to have more carrots and sticks, more leverage to be able to force the African government to relent and cancel it.

Basically what ends up happening is the State Department can't get the African government to cooperate. and agree to cancel this port construction. And so they need to buy time before the port is completed for the State Department to have more carrots and sticks, more leverage to be able to force the African government to relent and cancel it.

Basically what ends up happening is the State Department can't get the African government to cooperate. and agree to cancel this port construction. And so they need to buy time before the port is completed for the State Department to have more carrots and sticks, more leverage to be able to force the African government to relent and cancel it.

That is, they need either more appropriations and allocations to be able to bribe them with, or they need more... Sticks to be able to punish them with, you know, leverage from from from something harm that's being done that they can offer to make the pain stop.

That is, they need either more appropriations and allocations to be able to bribe them with, or they need more... Sticks to be able to punish them with, you know, leverage from from from something harm that's being done that they can offer to make the pain stop.

That is, they need either more appropriations and allocations to be able to bribe them with, or they need more... Sticks to be able to punish them with, you know, leverage from from from something harm that's being done that they can offer to make the pain stop.

And so so this is what the special forces document envisions envisions, which is that the role of the special forces in that in that scenario in the name of great power competition and special forces role in countering, you know, peer competitor from from China.

And so so this is what the special forces document envisions envisions, which is that the role of the special forces in that in that scenario in the name of great power competition and special forces role in countering, you know, peer competitor from from China.

And so so this is what the special forces document envisions envisions, which is that the role of the special forces in that in that scenario in the name of great power competition and special forces role in countering, you know, peer competitor from from China.

And they also argue there's a national security basis because this would give China – it was a West African hypothetical country, so it would give China access to the Atlantic. But what they did in this scenario, and they war-gamed this all out, is how they would effectively induce race riots to get the African workers out.

And they also argue there's a national security basis because this would give China – it was a West African hypothetical country, so it would give China access to the Atlantic. But what they did in this scenario, and they war-gamed this all out, is how they would effectively induce race riots to get the African workers out.

And they also argue there's a national security basis because this would give China – it was a West African hypothetical country, so it would give China access to the Atlantic. But what they did in this scenario, and they war-gamed this all out, is how they would effectively induce race riots to get the African workers out.

to all go on strike and boycott and take to the streets and protest against the Chinese business interests. This would also devastate the country economically. It would effectively bring the, you know, it would also humiliate the Chinese business interests in the area. And so it would create this international scandal.

to all go on strike and boycott and take to the streets and protest against the Chinese business interests. This would also devastate the country economically. It would effectively bring the, you know, it would also humiliate the Chinese business interests in the area. And so it would create this international scandal.

to all go on strike and boycott and take to the streets and protest against the Chinese business interests. This would also devastate the country economically. It would effectively bring the, you know, it would also humiliate the Chinese business interests in the area. And so it would create this international scandal.

It would scandalize the pork construction and the destabilized economic state would allow the U.S. ambassador to walk back in and say, hey, you know, you know, all this pain can stop, just cancel the poor construction type thing. But what's really interesting is in the special forces perspectives. Can you imagine writing that? Like let's, let's incite race riots.

It would scandalize the pork construction and the destabilized economic state would allow the U.S. ambassador to walk back in and say, hey, you know, you know, all this pain can stop, just cancel the poor construction type thing. But what's really interesting is in the special forces perspectives. Can you imagine writing that? Like let's, let's incite race riots.