Lindsey Graham went to the Munich geopolitical security conference along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, other congressional representatives, and Secretary of Defense Mike Esper. It was while in Europe, far away from Daddy Trump, that Lindsey Graham took it upon himself to threaten Mike Esper about possibly removing American troops from Africa.

** How many of us knew that U.S. troops are stationed in Africa on active duty and why? Something strange is going on where we don’t know the current mission of troops on the ground in Africa.

Back to Lindsey Graham.

Senator Graham  really wants those troops in Africa. Per reports:

According to the report, “Sen. Lindsey Graham and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, uniting against a Trump administration idea to withdraw U.S. troops from part of Africa, pushed back during a fiery exchange with Defense Secretary Mark Esper here over the weekend, according to four people present at or familiar with the meeting.”

The lawmakers insisted that they would not support U.S. withdrawal of troops from the Sahel region of Africa. According to Wiki, the “Sahel” region is an area is almost as big as the United States:

The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south. Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the south-central latitudes of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea.

So the lawmakers want American troops from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea across Africa just south of the Sahara. Why?

We don’t know.

Tellingly, Lindsey Graham didn’t take it up with the “boss” who actually deploys troops. Graham didn’t discuss the issue with Trump in Washington DC. Instead, our paper tiger went after poor Defense Sec. Esper in Munich:

“At one point, Graham warned Esper that there would be consequences if the Pentagon withdrew all troops from the region. Graham told Esper that he could “make your life hell,” according to the four people.

Apparently none of the four people turned and asked Lindsey why he wouldn’t simply threaten to make Donald Trump’s life hell, since – presumably – Trump retains the ultimate authority to move troops in or out of Africa.

Maybe Graham is tired of having his life being a living hell, and prefers to make threats to others, so as to not have to worry about whatever Trump has over Graham.

We can’t know.

We just know that Graham had a meltdown and went all badassery during an American delegation to Europe, a delegation that got its collective ass handed to it by a European crowd tired of having their lives made a living hell by Trump and the United States.

There is a lot of hell to live through these days, particularly if you’re Lindsey Graham.

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Peace, y’all

Jason

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