Realpolitik in the 21st Century

...Or how its not done in the 21st century.

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.”

― Stephen R. Covey

This past weekend it was reported from multiple news outlets that the country of Niger in the African continent had informed a delegation from the U.S. State Department that all American military forces were to vacate the nation immediately.

The announ…