exxon owes chad, now four dead americans

The death of four American special forces soldiers in Niger has raised many questions especially since our worthless excuse of a leader, Trump, has refused to talk about them. Rachel Maddow explored the issue last night on her show and hinted that it could be related to Exxon owing Chad millions, if not billions, in royalties. 

An article published by Reuters a year ago entitled: "​Exxon in negotiations with Chad over record $74 billion fine: Bloomberg"  claims that Exxon owed at least $808 million in unpaid royalties. Maddow linked this unpaid sum to the Chadian army withdrawing their support from Niger and other partners' counterterrorism activities to this dispute. She also raised the question as to why Chad was placed on Trump's list of countries subjected to his Muslim ban which has been struck down by the courts. 

Connecting the dots here is not difficult. First, the current Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was the CEO of Exxon at the time of the Chadian court's decision. And knowing the history of Exxon, the largest corporation in the world and one of the greediest, they naturally did not want to pay for stealing Chad's oil. Second, Chad wants its money whether it is $808 million or $74 billion, it ain't chump change for a poor country run by a dictator. Hence, Chad's obvious reaction is to not expend blood and treasure to help the US in any form when the US is too cheap to pay its bills which is certainly the case under the bill-dodger Trump. Third, the area in which Chad possibly had troops provided a safe zone for US forces operating in the area of Niger where the men were ambushed by terrorists. The Chadian troops left, the intelligence was lacking and hence the four men died. 

It is the same old story. Trump's pathetic administration protected a greedy corporation and violated agreements with its allies and these men paid the price. Placing Chad on the Muslim ban list was a petty tactic deployed by Trump, which is his nature, thinking it would embarrass Chad. A miscalculation which has resulted in these men dying. No wonder, Trump has kept his mouth shut. After all, he doesn't want to seen as a MORON!