Trump, Niger and Connecting the Dots
Thomas L. Friedman New York Times OCT. 31, 2017
Refugees waiting for aid in Diffa, Niger, last year. Credit Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
It is easy to ignore the recent story of four U.S. servicemen killed in Niger, the giant state in central Africa, because the place is so remote and the circumstances still so murky. That would be a mistake. Niger highlights a much larger problem — just...