By Robert Moore
As American leaders scramble to understand and cast blame following the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and its US-trained military before the Taliban last month, another US-supported foreign military force recently made headlines for the wrong reasons.
A small special forces group in the African country of Guinea reportedly initiated a coup and overthrew the government on their day off from training with American special forces who were being hosted in the country.
There was no large-scale evacuation of civilians or US forces like in Kabul; in fact, a vast majority of Americans likely had no idea that their military has been involved in Guinea at all. But all the same, it is another embarrassment for the US leadership class that has built decades-worth of policies and careers attempting to use American power to create and sustain new democracies throughout the world.
This piece was originally published in Insider on September 21, 2021. Read more HERE.