The U.S. Will Invade West Africa in 2023 After an Attack in New York - According to Pentagon War Game

http://theintercept.com/2017/10/22/the-u-s-will-invade-west-africa-in-2023-after-an-attack-in-new-york-according-to-pentagon-war-game/
Date Written:  2017-10-22
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2017
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX21657

By 2021, according to the war game's scenario, AQIM boasts an estimated 38,000 members spread throughout Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, and a network of training camps in Mauritania, as well as outright bases in Western Sahara.

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With near-complete congressional backing and the assent of the government of Mauritania, President McGraw joins forces with Canada to launch Operation Desert Strike. A major U.S. and Canadian ground force, backed by air and sea power, lands in Mauritania on June 15, 2023 with McGraw promising the American people a "well-planned, rapid, and efficient operation that would conclude in three years." As with so many other American wars and interventions since 1945, however, U.S. military operations do not go as planned and instead seem to follow the well-worn path of America's many other forever wars.

"We are facing a tough and adaptive enemy," Major General Roger Evans, the commander of Operation Desert Strike, tells the press in January 2026. "But this coalition is tougher and more adaptive." Even in wargames, however, there’s a credibility gap between what imaginary generals say about fictitious wars and the (made up) facts on the ground. Exercise documents offer a more pessimistic assessment of the three-and-a-half-year-old war. " steady increase in violence in northern Mauritania and Mali continues to frustrate Operation Desert Strike commanders as they struggle to counter a stubborn enemy," reads a report. According to the fictional files, during December 2025 attacks are up a staggering 90% over November's numbers.