Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "Guinea's President Who Stood Up to France | Ahmed Sékou Touré" video.

  1.  @losdirectosdetroopa973  And ironically run to the country of said former repressor for help.
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  2.  @malickyoula1090  Exactly.
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  3.  @tvs9978  Not really. Their own delusions of grandeur got the best of them.
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  4.  @malickyoula1090  Kim Il-Sung, Mengistu, Francisco Nguema, Lenin, Mao, etc.
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  5. But he ran his country into the ground ruining the lives of the very people he claimed to be for.
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  6.  @Goforit2nite  <African countries are still recovering from those "liberators"> Exactly.
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  7.  @malickyoula1090  And now Guinea is ruled by a military general with a blonde French wife.
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  8. Their own egos.
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  9.  @zizoushifty1483  Exactly.
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  10. Exactly. And not surprising since most liberators got into power by violence and treachery.
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  11. <They must be treated iron fists.> Something a European colonizer would say.
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  12.  @malickyoula1090  Mengistu, Mugabe, Macias Nguema, Barre, etc.
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  13. Pretty much.
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  14.  @manovrsb  Those places voluntarily chose to remain French colonies as they're too small to support themselves. I think you mean Haiti and Vietnam.
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  15.  @manovrsb  <If Martinique and Guadeloupe were English they'd be independent and far from Haiti's status.> Even at worst, they'd still be better off.
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  16. Yet Seretse Khama found a way.
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  17. In other words, his delusions of grandeur got the best of him.
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  18.  @malickyoula1090  Pretty much.
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