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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
How The U.S. Secret Wars In Africa Have Become Normalized
Recently, a U.S. soldier was killed in Niger, and many Americans are asking themselves what their military is even doing there.
In this piece, the author comes to the conclusion that the state is already a postdemocratic one.
Yes, the ongoing U.S. secret wars on the African continent have become something totally normal although many American citizens know nothing about them.
At this very moment, both the CIA and the Pentagon are involved in operations in about 50 African countries. Drone strikes, raids by commando units and other military activities have been taking place for years.
But in fact, this always has been the expected development of every empire in history, or as the author says it:
"When our soldiers kill and die in fruitless wars we don’t know about and can’t end, we’re not a democracy anymore — we’re an empire. And perhaps a fading one at that."
