Comments by "" (@ericp1139) on "Why is instability in Niger a problem for the US and its allies? | DW News" video.

  1. More like they break into your home and refuse to leave.
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  2. Or how about what’s best for Africa?
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  3. Losing your colonies?
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  4. Africa should decide if Americans should be there. The US should not have the right to illegally occupy a country, like in Syria.
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  5.  @Ghreinos  I think Africans have heard enough of that narrative over the decades.
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  6.  @alexanderdantonio8999 that’s only if you classify as a full citizen, which is not the majority. Most life as second class citizens in the Emirates.
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  7.  @andraskleistenes8586  strange how the West then plays on instability in the region for decades?
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  8.  @remyryder6986  American companies and military have been there for decades and are being kicked out for a reason.
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  9. Wrong flag
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  10. Resources galore
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  11.  @llhll8264  you are conflating the issues. American corporations exploit resources. The US military and NGOs establish influence.
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  12.  @atix50  companies like ExxonMobile? And US AFRICOM has 29 bases in Africa. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Not to mention all the various NGOs.
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  13.  @llhll8264  by influence, I mean funding terrorists and sowing instability. Blackwater ain’t any more saintly than Wagner. And American oligarchs aren’t any more valiant than Russian oligarchs. But at least China and Russia don’t try to colonize.
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  14.  @NafoDato  shall we count the times the US/EU/NATO have “helped?”
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  15.  @NafoDato  Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Uganda, Somalia, Pakistan, Haiti, Sudan, etc for starters.
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  16.  @priceandpride  imagine giving them the chance.
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  17.  @NafoDato  oh, you really want to dig back 100 years with the US illegal wars? Lol buddy, I don’t think YouTube can handle the list. Plus, you’re crediting Soviet wars to current day Russia. And what about the illegal invasions that China has waged?
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  18.  @Ghreinos  more like Europe that locks Africa in eternal debt refinancing and constant war/instability. There’s a reason they turn to China and Russia.
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  19. That’s why they prefer dealing with the Chinese. If you can’t pay the debt, at least you still have a bridge, port, railroad, airport, etc. With the West, you get locked in eternal debt refinancing and nothing to show for it.
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  20.  @jamesmsuahjr.9202  I think there are very strict conditions for you to be born a full citizen.
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  21.  @alanfulcher460  to break free from neo-colonialism. Not exactly something you can vote your way out of when they control your “democracy.”
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  22.  @llhll8264  can’t maintain your argument anymore?
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  23.  @llhll8264  seems to me the people have finally had enough of the West stealing their resources, keeping them impoverished, and always in a state of war. I look forward to seeing what happens to de-colonized places, though, sadly, the imperialists might not give up their slaves without a fight.
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