Comments by "David Ford" (@davidford3115) on "Could RUSSIA dismantle the FRENCH EMPIRE in AFRICA?" video.

  1. Agreed. The Chinese having watched how the European powers bungled in Africa have chosen to be more subtle in their approach to colonization.
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  2. Apples to oranges. Puerto Rico has time and again been given the choice between Statehood or independence. They have always chosen to remain a territory. Same goes with American Samoa and the Northern Marianas. Now contrast those with nations like Palau and Vanuatu which WERE given independence. Or the fact that the Philippines was also emancipated (those the Japanese invasion of the Island delayed it).
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  3. I tend to agree. Let the locals sort it out. No reason for Western powers to waste blood and treasure. And if the local happen to engage in butchery and genocide, well, the West should merely observe and take note of who is doing what crimes against humanity and only prosecute them AFTER the dust has settled.
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  4. Oryx has the most accurate count as they require visual confirmation.
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  5. No joke, you would think after almost 200 years, they would realize that Joseph Conrad was correct in describing Africa as "The Heart of Darkness".
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  6.  @CharDhue  Debt is the chains of slavery by other means. Don't think that there is any actual difference between the two examples you used.
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  7.  @ernestkhalimov1007  That is a false choice dilemma you present along with a strawman arugment. I am for a third option: namely empowerment of the locals. They can self-finance WITHOUT needing to submit to a foreign colonizing power. But the only reason why that won't happen is because of corruption in local leadership, which has been a problem since antiquity.
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  8. The US has already experimented with "adventurism" in Africa, namely the nation of Liberia. After Doctor David Livingstone's misadventures, there has been little appetite in the US for playing around in the "Heart of Darkness".
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  9. I think a more nuanced perspective is better than an absolutist approach you are taking. While I agree that the French is Africa has been an unmitigated disaster, the American presences in Europe has kept the peace for almost 80 years. If not for the US, most of Europe would be speaking Russian today.
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  10.  @robw6954  Yeah, and who was causing death and suffering before the US got involved in the Middle East? Ever heard of TE Lawrence and the Arab Revolt? Sorry, the Muslims have been fighting among themselves since antiquity, so you cannot place all of the blame at the feet of the US.
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  11.  @SBU_007  Just wait. The Ukrainians are chomping at the bit to take it back.
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  12.  @heralds5662  Just wait. A good commie will eventually act like the Venice Banker demanding that pound of flesh. And they will ALWAYS demand the most valuable cut.
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  13. I agree. Tuva and Yakutia should be independent nations.
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  14. The point they are making is that early on the Brits did develop their colonies while the French dithered. Yes, you can say that the Brits had a head start, but that misses the point they were making in that you have to consider the respective timelines of the colonizing power. Compare 20 to 30 years into the endeavor as a side-by-side comparison and the difference is stark.
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  15.  @M-J-qn8td  Yeah, I am calling BS on your claims. French Africa had its own resources (oil for example), otherwise the French would not have bothered with it.
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  16.  @M-J-qn8td  Yeah, I see lots of Anglophobic attacks and zero acknowledgement of France's own culpability. Were the British perfect? Hardly. But the record DOES show that the French were far worse. And they were just as exploitative as the Brits. Don't make excuses for French colonial atrocities and exploitation.
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  17. The Lower Planes Blood War between the Baatorians and Tanar'ri.
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  18. And a lot of folks don't realize he was calling for genocide of blacks in the Americas.
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  19.  @internetzone165  Spare me. Even the French didn't think the Ukrainians had it in them. And the French are often the contrarian in the NATO alliance.
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  20. Yeah, and he was not particularly fond of blacks. A lot of people don't realize that he was a raging racist.
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  21.  @LC-fe7be  " some incel American libertarian loser virgin pos" And with that you just proved that you are NOT here honestly. Calling someone an incel just proves you are yet another woke scold anti who can't debate but has to resort to insults because he has lost the plot. BTW, I have two biracial sons. How is that for a virgin incel?
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  22. While it is never a good idea to handle radioactive materials with bare hands, not all radiation is the same. Alpha particle emitters CAN be handled safely as the radiation cannot penetrate the skin. The Beta emitters will easily penetrate skin. The bigger concern is the gamma radiation that both produce.
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