So guy..heres the story. We have SIX of these in Niger.

We have four MQ-9 Reapers in Cameroon.

We have another SIX MQ-9 Reaper in Chad. I have no data for Mali so ill skip that.

We are looking at SEVENTEEN MQ-19 Reaper drones peppered across our northern periphery since 2015. The U.S expressely stated the drone bases was to help regional forces defeat Boko Haram. Five years on, not a single recorded drone strike on any Boko Haram targets in Niger

Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and even Mali. Not one. Not only that..intelligence sharing with Nigeria was a NO NO.

So Nigeria aquired eight state of the art armed attack drones last week. The CH-4 and Wing Loong II. This brings Nigerias armed attack drone fleet to 14 UCAVS

So U.S and French monopoly in armed attack drones in West Africa have been neutered. Nigeria now has roughly as many drones as the have. Suddenly the U.S wants to sit with Nigeria to discuss the fate of Boko Haram. Theyve seen VT-4 Tanks. They've seen Tank Destroyers

and wheeled self propelled howitzers. They know JF-17 will be delivered in a few days or weeks and now they have seen Wing Loong and CH-4 drones.

They know its over for Boko Haram. They know the Nigerian military now has the initiative.

Weeks ago they might have pulled a false flag operation with the Watson kidnap debacle. Probing our defences perhaps? Their HUMINT spy Amnesty International has been kicked out of Nigeria. Suddenly we are seeing a behive of activities and diplomatic overtures to Nigeria.

To discuss the fate of a group in whose defeat the U.S has played no part in?