Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "African Coups: Will the French Get Involved? || Peter Zeihan" video.

As a Nigerian, i am grateful the reguon that became my country was colonized by the British and not the French. At least the British actually laid down socioeconomic and political frameworks that led to some semblance of stable nation building and they were more benevolent than the French.
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@spicychad55 you are right that the British did that, as well as the French. The difference is that the British also left things like democratic institutions, civic-nationalism, capitalism, rule of law and human rights. All these served to ensure some stability and national cohesion after colonialism ended. That is why my country has only had one civil war and has better national unity, despite our multiple tribes, compared to Ethiopia that have had multiple civil wars and ethnic hatred despite no colonialism.
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@_Ottho am I lying? Compared to the French, Belgium, Portuguese and Arabs who were far FAR worse and more brutal in terms of colonialism, the British were absolutely benevolent. I mean,have you seen how most of their former colonies tend to have more stability, economic strength and also how they abolished slavery? Yes, the British during colonialism also did terrible things like the famines in India and Ireland due to their colonial mismanagement (which they still apologize for) but compared to others who did intentional atrocities with no regard, they were benevolent.
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@chestnutters9504 Biafra war happened because a rougue Nigerian soldier Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and several others killed some of our prominent founding Nigerian leaders. This then led to reprisals and ethnic clashes. Then rather than surrender him for his crime, an Igbo man, Gen. Ojukwu, sheltered him against the advice of other Igbo people and plunged the east into a civil war that many Igbos didn't want. After the war, reconciliation happened. As for Boko Haram, you do know that most of them are islamic insurgents from neighboring Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso etc, right? They are not just limited to Nigeria and our military has gotten better at dealing with them. Finally, on the issue of religion, what exactly makes you think the majority of Nigerians don't co-exist, despite our faith differences? Or do you just think social media is representative of all reality here?
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Honestly, the French will still jave a presence in the Sahel and west Africa. Simply put, due to poor geography, poor trade and economics of these areas, they simply need a strong foreign power. Also,this is not the first coup Niger has had but like their fifth one. Every time they had a coup, they simply re-did their diplomacy with France but the French will still maintain a presence there. Russia or China have no long term interests there
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