![Supporters of the coup plotters hold up a banner reading "I, Niger, curse France and Ecowas" last Sunday during a rally at a Niamey stadium.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/ZWE2DCXWPXDYMQCNUJSZ6IWZVA.jpg?auth=c7035f4f2b3837ba221622dad376ca10e1cb1340b749762faeafe76e39703e6e&width=414&height=233&focal=2639%2C1296)
Niger, between a rock and a hard place
If there is no military intervention and sanctions are not applied, the coup leaders will understand that they have a free hand
If there is no military intervention and sanctions are not applied, the coup leaders will understand that they have a free hand
Knowing he will be criticized for his previous inaction on Syria, Obama prefers to accept the cost of disregarding international law