Trevor is joined by Bry Jensen of Pontifacts (@pontifactspod) to discuss the worst American military defeat in Africa of the last 30 years, The Tongo Tongo Ambush, and the rampant mismanagement that made it possible.

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Mark - Inside The Botched Raid That Left Four US Soldiers Dead In Niger

Penney - Drones in the Sahara

Turse - Pentagon Misled Congress About U.S. Bases in Africa

Turse - U.S. Secret Wars In Africa Rage On…

Turse - The U.S. Is Building A Drone Base In Niger…

Turse - Less Than A Mile From Drone Base…

Savage, Schmitt, and Gibbsons-Neff - U.S. Kept Silent About Its Role in Another Firefight…

ABC - US intelligence officials examining video of Nigerien militant group

BBC - Troops put down Niger mutiny

BBC - Military coup ousts Niger president Mamadou Tandja

BBC - Deadly US decisions before Niger ambush

CBS - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discloses details about Niger ambush

Chason and Birnbaum - US struggles for influence in West Africa as military juntas rise

Cole - Russia's New Military Alliance Encroaching on US Sphere of Influence

Coon - Rifle fire strikes U.S. C-130 during airdrop over Mali

DoD Press Briefing on the results of the Investigation into the October 4, 2017, Ambush in Niger

Everstine - Inspector General Blasts USAF…

Fuglestad - A History of Niger 1850-1960

GlobalSecurity - Operation Enduring Freedom-Trans Sahara (OEF-TS) Operation Juniper Shield

IRIN - NIGER: State of alert threatens independent media - RSF

Reuters - Factbox: Who is Niger's Mamadou Tandja?

CW: Military combat, death, IS propaganda music Sgt. Johnson Helmet Cam Footage