Saddam’d: the deep state figures out one of the poors, YOUR NATION, has gold, then they start telling people you have nukes, your own journalists are shut down, we blow you up … steal your gold.
I think the “deep state” was part of the whole thing going back to the beginning, when we were still focused on killing indigenous tribes … and we probably set up chiefs back in the day, the same kind of way. “See, gold, Chief Bad guy rape your kids!” (and cue cavalry)
“Russia” is their step daddy, for now: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-faso-nationalise-more-industrial-mines-prime-minister-says-2025-04-29/
