Comments by "Black Cat Dungeon Master\x27s Familiar" (@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311) on "African Coups: Will the French Get Involved? || Peter Zeihan" video.

France's involvement in Niger has nothing to do with a Jacobian world view or even national prestige and everything to do with extremely cheap uranium supplies for the large country which relies most heavily on nuclear power. Bizarre that Zeihan didn't bother mentioning this essential information.
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As usual Zeihan's narrative misses out the essential information which doesn't suit US interests which in the Sahel, involves displacing France. The French were so big in Niger not so much for prestige as to get the cheap uranium. France massively depends on nuclear power, more than any other large country and their nuclear industry was getting ridiculously cheap uranium from the previous Niger regime. This is a big enough reason for France to fight a war there, regardless of prestige.
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@SignalCorps1 Before, back before the 60s France contained almost all of West Africa. But France's heavy involvement in the region up until the year 2023 is about uranium.
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@nicolettileo I'd guess that depends who you ask. Niger was selling France uranium for a tiny fraction of the market price. Probably someone important was getting very rich from that.
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@ngomaibinda It's not like he doesn't know. In almost every video the facts he talks about are the facts that suit the US neocon agenda. He's a blatant propagandist. The Neocons are hoping to displace the French in the Sahel.
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@JohnHughesChampigny Since the coup - sure. Before the coup? False.
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