By the very end of the video I feel like I fully explained by thoughts on this complex issue. Yes, I was that one guy in your platoon that always tried to over throw the government but no one was ever down back in 08'. I was born too early. instagram.com/cappyarmy
"I don't think I could pull off a coup." As of today Chris has yet to successfully pull off a coup, this leads to the belief that it is not the training at Ft. Benning that allows someone to pull a successful coup, but something else entirely. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
Do you mean you are from Nigeria or that you are from Niger? Just wondering because when people say "Nigerian" it sounds like it could be from either place.
@@perrydeng7404nah US in the past has already helped people over throwing democratically elected president 10 times. Dictators are bad unless they fit US interest
@@qrsx66 Vietnam, for a short time, became an independent state under Ho Chi Minh just after WWII until the French came back cause they wanted Indochina again after they lost it to the Japanese. So yes, it was cleaning up after the mess that the French made.
France, France, France , should leave Africa alone or they will regret it sooner or later, these nations are way frustrated of France support to dictators presidents chosen and established to rule these countries by France in exchange of raw material or ressources. The UK has realized that long time ago and they left Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana alone long time
I am Nigerian, and I follow your videos a lot. Aside the obvious insurgency that plauges west africa, I use to think the war in Europe won't come to African soil, but as it is, proxy wars are looming here as well. Our military obviously outmatch most in africa, but my concern is the people that have been plague by poverty, insecurity, and now war. I feel there could be other ways to end this without causing much suffering 💔. Though your video is highly objective, the sources of your information are from official sources. West african countries control the offical news that goes out of the country, which usually could affect its authenticity and introduce bias. The best way for the average infantry man to understand what's truly going on is to ask the locals. A proper survey of what's going on in any country about how the people feel should be taken from the population.
Your military obviously doesn't outmatch most of west African country anymore, I am francophone and let me tell you that his reporting is biased and is the one of Western media. He said Burkina Faso has 7000 active duties , no that's not true, they have more than 70 0000 now, Mali has more new generation weapon than Nigeria. Ask your drug dealer to avoid being a Puppet otherwise there might be a civil war in Nigeria itself, a war in Niger will destabilize Nigeria because the same people in the North of Nigeria speak the same language with people from Niger, they are the same family, they have divided by Colonization . Ecowas won't win this war, all ECOWAS countries will be destabilized. A lot of ECOWAS President don't want this war except only 3 Puppets, Senegal, Ivory coast, Benin and Tinubu who is hesitating
War in Ukraine is connected to this particular war because of the Nod-stream Gas pipeline, that was blown up, Nigeria has gas huge amount of gas reserves it is trying to sell to Europe and it has to pass that through Niger, Russians know this and have decided to block it by strategically setting up coups along the Sahel region to block any Gas line passage.
@@bogrunberger because russia blocks grain shipments, and destroys infrastructure with said grain. And food shortages is one of the reasons of this coup. Russia works this way.
See you say that it’s just failed democracy or a dictator ship or whatever but at the same time these are countries that at China are heavily involved in and why would China push its occupied countries people to overthrow the western style government no reason honestly I think it’s insane. Anyone would think that or look at it.
Do you even select? "They" impose. You've never been the hand behind your leaders since democrazy was introduced by the west and they the west are the engineers of rigging and introduction of terror world over
France has had it's heel in the throats of many African countries, and has stripped benefited financially very well from it. Leave the African countries alone and let them do for themselves.
I'm seriously loving these longer form, more serious and analytical videos. This, the Mexican cartel video, the Lockheed video stand out as really excellent. Keep up the great work!
Yep - They're genuinely excellent. Some folk grumble 'Chris Cappy missed xyz obscure fact' ......... but they're often just grandstanders. I reckon he's delivering first rate summaries of complex issues in brilliantly accessible compact format.
@@Farweasel Depends on what? How much time that they're spent in the land of make believe. Watching movies and television. They don't matter. They will repeat whatever the TV says. Their positions are obvious. What is yours?
It becomes their problem when all the people from those countries clamour to get into Europe or USA due to instability back home. Especially when those African countries have so much potential to be great. That said I am from Africa myself.
Always impressed by the depth and balance of these videos. The focus on explaining each perspective is outstanding in a space where everyone seems to be trying to pick sides or make other's pick sides. Like you said, Cappy, its not always perfect, but the attempt puts you head and shoulders above mainstream news.
Seriously though. It's really hard to find people that don''t just spout party rhetoric or flat out conspiracy theories lol. Party simps are fucking exhausting in general, but the fact that the internet has them all getting nothing but confirmation bias on a daily basis has made it so much worse than it used to be. It's nice to have a channel that seems to look at facts, not pick sides, and just put everything out there to give us the full picture of all involved.
@@chloewebb5526I know what you mean, and it’s not surprising to me that such a level-headed, informative, insightful channel comes from one of our veterans. By some stroke of luck, I’ve had loved ones in every branch of the military, and there are no finer people out there than American servicemen and servicewomen. God bless them for their service and their sacrifice.
Or Baré? Remember the semi-coup of Tandja, against the will of France? Hama is VERY versatile ans was supporting the role of France for a while and never reach power, mostly because he had less supports from different internal powers : What really mattered was the balance between lobbies of merchants (from Koni ou Diffa, if you see what I mean). Actually, from hat I have seen, France did arrange with whoever is in charge as far as Arlit sites are not touched. Worse than ruling everything, France did not care. The problem is also the perception of the importance of democracy (this is not elections that matter but the acceptance of counterpowers' balance) and its efficiency regarding development (democracy does not bring development alone. it is only a favoring condition, that is all)
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy Russia never colonized a country, or enslaved people. Russia always helped countries to have liberty like vietnam, cuba, south africa etc.
I have never seen someone tiptoe and play devil's advocate so well in my life. The way you were able to put the audience in their shoes from their perspective with increased costs and a history of colonialism was masterful.
I don't know how this doesn't have more upvotes. Among American creators, on this American platform, with (probably) mostly American viewers he does a much better job than most at showing not only how America and its allies have helped, but also how we've harmed.
Not American here, but glad that you have people to open your perspective. The blind "patriotism" only leads to support politics that causes great suffering all around the world. Maybe if you knew more about geopolitics you'd support different point of view. One that promote other politics, and positive relationships
As a U.S. citizen, I truly wish my country would stay out of all foreign affairs and end every last dime of foreign aid. We have no business "nation building" and "spreading democracy" .
I was in The Gambia early 2017 when one morning ecowas troops were suddenly everywhere, not just on the border, they were in the major population centers and logistical nodes of Gambia. I talked to a couple of them and they gave a much better impression than the Gambian troops that patrolled until the day before.
@@Nickoguya No it's not the African continent is one of the biggest if not the biggest because most maps are based off old European colonizer maps and they always deemed Africa to be smaller than Europe, so I wouldn't trust most maps until they do a sat scan of the continent
@@maartent9697it is so. Many friends went on holiday in Africa and thought the flight would be shorter, with planes sometimes crashing from the sky as pilots planned for dhorter routes. Ships get regularly strandled as the map shows africa as being small. Google Earth purposedely alter the satellite images to make it look smaller. Gps signal is fugged too. You know when you enter Aftica but you never know whennyou will leave.😂😂 also planet is flat and the moon made of cheese.
@maartent9697 Gambia is one of the smallest countries on the continent with 11,300 km² which is 1/4th the size of Belgium in landmass. Gambia's population is 2.64 million which is less than some of the larger cities on any continent. So @sandejzack is being coherent and you are not. Paris' Metropolitan area is bigger than Gambia by over 7000 km². Maybe you could look it up, before acting like the coup leaders in your rhetoric; being ridiculous and uninformed while acting arrogant in your ignorance.
@maartent9697 all maps have some distortion. Taking a globe and making it a flat map is impossible without size, distance, direction, or scale being distorted. It's why Greenland seems so big on the Mercator projection. The higher latitudes on this type of projection, the larger the distortions get.
I'm shocked no clueless celebrity got canceled for pronouncing the name wrong yet. I always used to pronounce it "Nye-jur." It wasn't until I watched a Sean Penn movie that I realized it was "Nee-jeer."
Hey cappy, I love your videos and your down to earth humor. At 5:41- 5:46 you mentioned that after the coup the Nigeriens erupted in pro-democracy riots which is not what happened . Those were actually pro-junta celebrations. The junta had to resort to firing in the air to disperse the elated crowds. There is widespread resentment in Africa towards the West and we view many of our leaders as mere stooges of Europe and the USA
what about stooges of Russia or China. How many of those do you think there are? The pro-junta crowds were waving Russian flags, and Prigozhin told his troops "it is time to prepare for something big" so who do you think caused the coup?
@@roofcake8951wow!… you truly believe that??… if the west and its agents leave africa then we will make it… but how will the west be able to survive if they start paying for precious natural resources??… you take gold and give us paper… think about that
The idea of USA or Europe being agents of peace is so far off tangent. Libya right now is divided thanks to nato. Afghanistan, oops the peacemakers left abruptly. Meanwhile Trump is being hounded for being anti establishment and you call that democracy?
One develops a sneaking suspicion, wherever former colonialists are still somehow allowed bases with troops, that in the back of their mind always lurks the thought , "We could always drop a smart bomb on X."
France has every right to own colonies or shadow colonies but if they don't treat the ppl fairly then the ppl have every right to fight for independence... every few years nations take bids on deals with African nations but rus has been the only one offering the most sensible terms compared to the west or Asia...
Let’s tell the truth to the world. France is the whole root cause of this. Let me easily break this down: I am a US citizen and service member(military) just like you but born and raised in Africa, came to the US as an immigrant because of these same issues. So I have a clear understanding of this because I lived this in a daily basis once growing up in Africa and I won’t hesitate to oust any African President working for French interests. To begin, France has never left Africa even after granting fake independence its African colonies in 1960’s. Why am I saying this? Africa has 54 countries and out of these 54 countries, 29 are French-speaking countries in Africa. 21 of those countries are known as Francophone countries. Francophone countries are countries which use French as their official language or use it as one of their other official languages since France colonized them and imposed French to them during colonization. All these French African speaking countries have never known peace or enjoy their own natural ressources that God gave to them, France consider the ressources of these countries as its ressources and they never stopped stealing from day one they settle in Africa before and after colonization, unlike England, france still steal and decide for these countries. France is the one that decides who can be a president or not in these countries despite the will of people of these countries. In france and America, a president term is 5 or 4 years and renewed one time, meaning you cannot rule in france or the US for more than 10 years combined, no matter how good of a president of government you are, you must go after completing your terms. But in Africa, france has set a hidden system called France-Afrique, please (Google this), in this system, france impose president and rulers to these countries, and these imposed presidents can remain or stay on power for decades as soon as they give all their ressources to France, this is the case for my country of origin Congo Brazzaville where France has imposed Denis Sassou Nguesso on power for more than 40 years. This guy has been there with the support of France killing Congolese, giving all the country’s ressources to France to get France support and remain forever on power. The funny part is that this president never won any election but he has been on power for more than 40 years, france do not say nothing about it since he is giving them all their ressources despite the people’s opposition and poverty. This is the same situation in all African speaking countries, france support and establish corrupted government and return, these governments give France everything, leaving the citizens of the country in deep poverty. Why is France doing this? Why can France support and help a corrupted president to kill people in Africa for their interests ? Why is France deciding for who can be or not be a president on these African countries? It is sad this behavior and this will only create hate in African citizens heart towards France because they see France as the number one responsible of their misery. Their decisions or feelings don’t matter, what matters is what France decides and no African wants to keep dealing with this game back and forth. My country the US, should stop supporting France on this greedy behavior.
Dude the world has a global trade network a war in Africa will have ripple effect no just on the west but on the rest of the world. Africa provides a lot of the world rare metals.
5:10 If a government that comes to power by force is called a junta. What is a government that comes to power by fraud called? (Serious question. Please help.)
As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, this just feels like a return to normalcy. At least once a week you'd see "Country X in Africa/South/Central America has coup!" And you'd usually respond with, "Where?" And go back to watching the Simpsons.
This is the perfect representation of western vs non-western countries. People in the west spending time in casinos having good time etc. Meanwhile people in africa middle east or south america trying to survive because the u.s propped their dictators up.
or another news about machete massacres everyday , most of politicians there are a military or kind a warriors and brutal force take over elections , greedy rulers and blind not educated masses behind, they looks silly on this coup photos haha
Yeah I see your point but the main thing is we don't live in the 80s and 90s anymore we live in the bioterror and nuclear age where al-qaida and other groups are looking for mass destruction and sabotage wondering where all these fires are coming from
I highly doubt it. For ww3 to break out major powers would have to get involved, with America barley even willing to go to war over Ukraine or Taiwan I highly doubt they would be willing to go to war for any African nation. Plus no other major power is confident enough to confront nato right now. China says they won’t be ready until the 2040’s and with Russia who knows if they will ever recover from the Ukraine war or if they are just gonna spiral into another collapse like the ussr.
Good info. While I'm no fan of Wagner or Russia, our western record in those countries was often abismal. France for instance has always regarded African uranium as their birthright. People are in extreme poverty in countries with very rich natural resources, with only a small top political class very rich. So what a lot of ECOWAS are saying is "We're afraid their corrupt guys will replace our corrupt guys". As example, the north of Mali (no natural resources) was long without any real presence of their government. First Touareg rebels and then Al Quaeda took it over, and nobody (there or elsewhere) cared for years under whom the people there were starving. But then Al Quaeda kidnapped 2 French engineers from the uranium mines, and France sent 3000 troops, and kicked Quaeda out quick. When they wanted to return it to the Mali government, they declined to reoccupy it, so the French got a bit stuck there. It seems that at every takeover,Touareg,French, Al Quaeda, people were cheering, as things are so bad, they could only get better.
Underrated comment. Cappy neglected to really examine France's decades-long control over Nigerien gold and uranium mines. For example, uranium is 70 percent of the country’s exports but contributes only 5 percent to the nation's GDP. Also, nearly 90 percent of Niger's population has no access to electricity. I don't understand how he could fail to mention such staggering statistics.
@@Mortablunt nations have every right to own colonies if they have the power to maintain them; but if they don't that the ppl well then the ppl have every right to fight for independence... Islam take overs is an extreme problem but the west refuses to do what needs to be done per politics thus ends up supporting terrorists instead of stopping them
I'm not sure you got the right informations here... France never regarded African Uranium as a birth right, they paid for the installation of the mine and extraction plants on site, through a contract, that benefitted African too (at least it would have, if not for the tendency of African people for corruption and embezzlement). But it was not "stolen" like you can read so often in anti-french african articles. Second, most of Uranium actually comes from Australia (almost 30% of the world production), Kazahkstan (not a French supplier, for obvious reasons) and Canada. Niger only come in 6th or 7th place depending on the yearly production. Not necessary for France supply. Third, You are lying (or badly informed) about the Al Qaeda and the reason for France to send troops. Mali asked France to help them against terrorists. They invited the French troops, in 2013 (operation Serval). And kicking Al Qaeda they did (especially in the North of Mali, pushing them outside of Mali borders. This required a reorganisation of the operation as it needed to be able to cross borders. That's how Barkhane replace the other operation in the Sahel region. What you are wrongly referring to is the kidnapping of 5 French people in NIGER.... Not the same country, not the right amount of people, and not the same year. Oh, and they could not have kidnapped them in Mali, because Mali don't have Uranium mine anymore. But I concurr, the Malian gouvernement failed it's citizens, and now Niger seem to be going in a similar direction following this coup...
When will America learn that training a bunch of guys to be the bestest soldiers possible wont magically make the circumstances that cause corruption and unrest disappear? We tried it in the middle east, we tried it in Vietnam, and we tried it here. If we wanna be the world police and actually help people, we'd need to build up the infrastructure and make it so the average person has a decent chance of improving their lot in life, as well as giving them representation.
Well you're not wrong, but if Cappy's and Real Life Lore's vids have shown us anything it's that you can't just focus infrastructure and economic growth and hope for the best, unless you establish security first. Otherwise someone else is just going to swoop in and either take it from you or destroy it.
Cappy, I like that you ended the episode referencing the citizen soldier. Democratic processes fail if the citizen soldier does not stand up for them; it is that simple. Also, the statement "I have another Coup in an Hour" is a high comedy.
Democracy isn’t an African tradition though and that’s a whole different dusty African road to walk. 😂 however…. That’s a BIGGER part of the problem And that joke was GOLD 😅😆
Thank god we’re a republic and not a democracy. Could you imagine the insanity that would occur if we gave the people 100% say so? Fun fact, Socrates, and Aristotle were both huge critics of democracy, one notable quote, expressing how they all end up in tyranny.
@My-cat-is-staring-at-you as of 2022 only 7 of the 54 countries in Africa are democratic according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. neither Ethiopia nor Nigeria are of those 7.
Feels like you're hitting a new level where you're less partisan/patriotic and more objective in your presentation. That's very good. Keep going in that direction. Much love from Aotearoa
Oh the horrors of colonialism.... Back when they had roads, hospitals, working infrastructure, schools, modern medicine, actual bridges and working sanitation. Not to mention a functioning police force and safety and security. Oh the horror.
Great example is Canada. You protest against something the government doesn't like? You can literally be starved by having your money seized by a government that was elected by a MINORITY of the voters.
We (The U.S. And Allied countries) need those foreign countries for various reason... So we must act as policeman of the world. Without those poor Africa country resources, you may see blackout in Europe, high price as well as food shortage in Japan, Electric cars as well as other luxury technology goods broken down in China and U.S.
I used to think like that for many years, but I've (unhappily) changed my position. What's our national debt now, 36 trillion? Anytime a major nation's debt exceeds it GDP there is cause for massive concern (possible failed state). America's only saving grace, however, is that the international order(trade/finance) runs on dollars. Thus, the world must buy dollars to operate, creating demand for our dollar; hence, buy our debt. The US economy and self-cannibalizing gov't would implode if the dollar ceased to be the international currency. Something, by the way, China is slowly but surely chipping away at. The United State's economic might, but more importantly, global military might is the only way to ensure the dollar retains it's position. Hell, Saddam and Muammar Gaddafi were going to stop using dollars for the sale of petroleum products. China is elated about America's increasingly isolationists feelings; they cannot wait to fill the vacuum. Me, personally, I think any sovereign nation has the right to determine how they operate. For years I said the exact same thing, "we don't need to be the world's police." Regardless of one's political views, Bush's little crusade in the East and the 2007-08 financial crash totally really weakened our country economically, diplomatically, and most of all weakened our military (cancelled funding and development of Pacific operations for counter terrorism).
@@jayklink851 It's not a contest between debt and GDP. It's the long game between deficits vs growth in GDP, and there's a fkton of nuance. Issue an appropriate level of debt to fuel growth and you win. Print money or go balls out austerity and you lose.
@@gibson2675 China and Russia have done more Productive Works in Africa in a Decade the the Europeans have done in Centuries.... how many Military Bases and Terrorists are they Arming? DEFINITELY NOT AS MANY AS THE US/UK/EU which has destroyed, looted and plundered the Majority of the Continent
@@gibson2675 imagine is China or Russia Destroyed Libya like the US/UK/EU did... literally ruining the Most Prosperous Nation in Africa into Open Slave Markets after the US/UK/EU invasion.....if China or Russia did that, the US media would never stop the coverage on it....but instead the US government did it so they get NO Media Coverage about that.
Adding to your point about the economic context in Africa, one more screw being slowly tightened on African countries is that foreign interests (mining companies, oil companies, national govts -- of which your examples of Wagner, the US, and France are only a small selection) have been extracting a NET value of $40 bn per year on average out of Africa. This ACCOUNTS FOR FINANCIIAL AID (loans, grants) provided to African countries -- which implies that some proportion of taxpayer money that is labeled "foreign aid" is actually indirectly transferred/laundered through Africa and then become corporate revenues in the present that are paid off in the future by the recipient country (since loan/grant funding is spent first, then paid off over the next several decades). I read about this around 2017, so I'm assuming it's built up over decades prior to that. More stable countries (like Cameroon?) receive less aid, while less stable countries receive more, as a proportion of their respective national GDPs. My takeaway is that special/private interests and companies are running an enormous shell game, where they pay lobbyists to fight for their govts to shuffle multiple countries' taxpayer money into various African countries in the guise of foreign aid. Due to a combination of illegal appropriation (corruption) and mostly-legal appropriation (govt pork barrel contracts and nepotism), a not-insignificant percentage of this money is siphoned off to various private/special interests and companies, as a quid pro quo for getting first/special consideration for oil exploration and drilling rights from the recipient African countries (tax incentives, discounts on land/labor etc). Other branches of these special interests then push the news media narrative that "rich" countries spend too much on foreign aid, arguing for cutting this aid. I'm guessing the strat is to appear to lead the call for cutting this aid expense, to conceal the fact that they're benefiting from that aid. B/c practically speaking, it'll never be drastically cut unless the lobbyists are instructed to call for it. Meanwhile, the African countries with the lowest GDP per capita, and therefore the populations most vulnerable/sensitive to price shocks for food and fuel, get bled slowly every year. It's like a developed nation worker being forced at gunpoint 60 years ago to pay $600 a year for the privilege of having a parade of strangers rotate through their house to do business and make a mess. The money itself isn't the key issue, though a national equivalent of 3 months' worth of groceries isn't something the average citizen would willingly set fire to for fun. And it does mean a lot more to a nation that's already struggling paycheck to paycheck or deep in debt (without having the US's clout to demand favorable credit terms). It's also the outrage of being forced to endure the indignity of being forced to allow outsiders to mess with your shit. And yet these outsiders now take umbrage at the filthy locals getting upset. How very dare they... /sarcasm Unfortunately, while it was easy for the various colonial and counter/revolutionary factions to tear down previously stable (or at least in equilibriium) local power structures, it's not as easy to rebuild a new one from whole cloth. Once selfish interests see how easy it is to tear down a long-standing traditional authority, it's a lot easier (within months or years) to tear down whatever ramshackle new govt has been instated in the past decade. It doesn't matter that the grandchildren of the people who did this to Africa no longer want to play with their ancestors' broken playthings. This is our inherited legacy (and my ancestors were on the receiving end of colonialism). I feel like a unicorn deal for the underdeveloped African countries would be to provide them with low/no-interest development loans for a century, as well as enforcing a strict review of any trade deals (between countries or with corporations) to ensure that a net positive amount of revenue is retained and reinvested in-country. And let/help them develop the way they see fit, with a minimum of strings attached or even none at all. Not that any powermonger is going to charitably let go of this game so easily -- if any one does, some other foreign interest will swoop into the power vacuum opportunistically (which is what has fed some of the current instability, despite or perhaps because of the US having toned down its heavy-handed interference significantly since the height of the Cold War). France fucked around for decades, addicted to their post-colonial residuals. Now they get to find out. (and various other interests, like the corps backed by the US for their sweet campaign contributions)
@@slimdiddyd They will especially if the west keeps its hands off the African affairs. Who caused and sponsored the coups in Africa. CIA, France and the west.
No, Gibraltar is somewhat further to the northeast to southernmost point of Iberian peninsula. It's also like a 5km difference in distance and Spain and Italy will be most affected by african refugee crisis so who cares about such technicality
I love how the Average Infantryman is really concerned about larger geopolitical questions, and that's like half the videos on this channel. The thought that infantry and service members really do consider not just the immediate which-end-do-I-point-at-them but the larger questions of why are we here, what's our end game, are we even the most effective method to effect our goals, and what are the impacts of what we're doing - this makes me feel safer.
Cappy is not (an average infantryman) look into his early life history. He is a propaganda shill pure and simple. I went to basic at the same time and place as Cappy, and some things he said didnt add up, so I looked into his bio a little closer...
Soldiers asking these questions to themselves and their comrades, then not receiving fulfilling answers from their governments, eventually leads to moral collapse. People simply cannot put their lives on the line without understanding the greater purpose they are serving. This happened to US troops in Vietnam. There are moments in history when war is necessary. When it is, all of us would do well to ask ourselves and our governments these exact questions. We all need to be aware of the risks and the long term consequences. We the citizens of all nations are the military. Cappy did a magnificent job in his analysis and presentation.
@@Navigator2166 I'd not expect to know before the government or even the intelligence agencies know. And not knowing before its on the front page of major newspapers is especially a skill of politicians. Vietnam was especially bad, because the US pretty much won all battles, but lost the war as whole. The strategic and theater level command as well as most US civilians did not take part in reality.
@rykson161 also inaccurate info, my dude. I'm ready to agree with you on certain points that you are summarizing in this generalization, but your statement is just that; an exaggerated generalization.
You most certainly can defeat what you don’t understand you destroy all the military equipment in the country and taking over unlike we did in Afghanistan. We didn’t take all their guns and everything from them and just took them over.
Another good 'un. Thanks for the time and effort you put into making videos like this. It's UA-camrs like you who are picking up the slack left by our uninformed media outlets.
The ONLY justification for the US stationing 1,000 US troops in Niger is to ensure our access to the uranium resources of that country. It’s kinda hard to remain a premier nuclear power if you don’t do your damndest to monopolize access to significant deposits of uranium globally.
Canada produces 10 times the amount of Uranium of Niger. Australia twice as much and they can ramp it up. The risk of terrorist organizations in the region is a much bigger concern.
Every government just thinks about themselves and their own interests. That’s simply how life is, you secure the best resources and deals for yourself and your people.
Chris, I really appreciate the way you present your overviews of highly complicated world events. Rather than just parroting current headlines, you try to tell stories in their political and historical contexts, often far beyond what I find in other sources. Thanks for the time and effort you spend researching and distilling your presentations to better educate people like me.
It's not that complicated. The west and Russia are having their own proxy wars in Africa like it's the Cold War again, only this time the West is relying much more on their African puppets to do their dirty work because Russia has systematically embarrassed them in Ukraine. Not much complication here when there are so many resources at stake for either your own consumption or at least denial to the enemy.
@@magma2680no. No he is not. He’s not parroting mainstream talking points BUT he is OBVIOUSLY just using Google to search for his information. The “counter points” are very clearly whitewashed and have zero depth to them. He continues to use government sources to support positions. The 40% reduction in attacks is complete BS. In early 2000, food supply was satisfactory, security was like 5-10 attacks per year… fast forward 20 years of US dumping $500 million and 1,000 troops into the area and we see a 30,000 percent increase in attacks. And food is scarce. Further. The now-previous Niger government was the direct cause of much of the extremism. 70+% of those that joined the extremist did so BECAUSE of the Niger government’s actions (human rights violations). That President was a Western puppet who did whatever he was told. The coup gave the govt back to the ppl. The his video did an injustice to the Niger citizens because he can’t seem to understand that Google is a captured vehicle for state propaganda.
A good analysis of a very complex situation. My thinking is that Africans need to solve their own problems at this point even though colonialism is responsible for the mess. Nothing will get better until Europe, Russia and the United States stop meddling in African affairs.
Two Points: 1) Since the Global War on Terrorism started Africa saw an increase of 30,000% more terrorist attacks 2) You might wanna look more closely into Nigeria's President. He has a very shady past involving drug money which makes him vulnerable to foreign pressure. His coming to power is also very very interesting. Oh and another thing: is it possible that US just wants France to go away? Wouldn't be the first time. Remember Australian submarine deal? Macron was talking about independent Europe a couple of months ago. And the coup dude was trained by the US.
I saw that about the Nigeria's President but have you notice that the more things come out about him the harder he pushes for invasion ,like someone is saying if you don't hurry up an invade or we will release more.
@@SEEMOREXYZAlso his appointment as ecowas chair was contrived. The sequence of chairmanship was to be awarded to a francophone country, but it was awarded to him. He's clearly another puppet of the USA.
Interesting points you have made. I also want to add Macron’s interest to join Brics could have been a reason for the U.S. to push for the expulsion of France from Niger.
The 50% they have to put in to the French central bank is invested by France and the depositor countries have to accept whatever payout France gives them. There is no accountability. France (companies) has the first right of refusal for any economic opportunity. That certain french company who controls the uranium trade has dumped the waste and it is contaminating the ground water, land, people.
@@geetee2694 LOL, that sounds wildly unfair. From what I know France essentially got to extract some wealth from CFA nations but that sounds more like a financial vacuum sucking wealth out of those African nations and dumping it into France. If that's the case then no wonder the people have a bone to pick with the French.
@@geetee2694 It's only 50% of exchange reserves, basically the money used to balance payments for foreign trade. France doesn't really gain anything from this and it's probably good for the member countries right now, considering the political instability. France does not have the first right of refusal for any economic opportunity. French Anti-Nuclear organization CRIIRAD has claimed that Orano could be endangering the air and water in the Uranium mining town. CRIIRAD measured the radioactivity of some mill tailings which could disperse via the wind. Orano monitors the radioactivity and claims they are within safe limits. They claim they will cover the mill tailings with some dirt. There is no evidence of dangerous radioactivity in the town as of now.
There was some recent controversy over suspected weapons shipments and a joint military exercises involving South Africa and Russia. Might be a good video topic. South African resentments over colonialism are likely being exploited by Russia similar in a similar fashion to Niger. There's a tendency in the 'West' to brush off the systematic dehumanization of the continent and wholesale exploitation that occurred over hundreds of years. For poor people suffering across the continent the legacy of colonialism is still very real. It is also important to understand in general that the decisions of the state and policies promoted by the state do to reflect the needs or desires of the population.
Another struggle much of Africa has to deal with is the fact its Borders were largely drawn up by European Colonisers. A lot of Borders in Africa cut thru the middle of some Communities that share language, culture and religion, and force them to coexist and cogovern with other groups they may have little in common with. Most Borders in Africa are not natural by geography, history or culture. That really doesn't help stability. For example, Niger's National Language is French. A language none of them spoke 300 years ago is now the only language they have in common.
@@tsubadaikhan6332own problem besides putting our regional/clans interests above the country's one, is definitely the way we govern (corruption and nepotism) and the lack of accountability.
@@bittermochi259 "freedom" without prosperity is meaningless. France and other colonialists give freedom of corruption to the "democratically" elected officials and in turn they take 95% of the profits.
@@258Loures Africa has my full sympathy when it comes to Governance. It is incredibly difficult to come up with an effective, non corrupt Government when your history has never given you an example of one. Western people endlessly complain about our Governments, and while they're far from perfect, we've had 200 years of trying to make them effective, accountable and not corrupt. And very few of us will tell you we've got it right yet.
Wagner are just a nice bunch of gentlemen who are in Africa as volunteers for altruistic reasons. How dare you impugn the fine reputation of Russian omnibenevolence. 😉
I love how you tell us exactly why this is important and basically answer the crux of the title of the video right at the beginning in a clear manner and then go into the details most ppl and ppl like that guy Johnny whatever tf would bury the information in the middle or end of the video to force u to stick around or end up not even answering the question of the title or just muddying the waters even more. So I appreciate that a lot and I think it really builds trust with your viewership. You basically leave it up to the viewer to decide if they want all the details or not. Clear and concise script writing and I applaud it.
it is true 1. 50% from income must stay in france ? 2. they don't have national curency 3. frace aprove all transaction 4. france "buy" uranium ore at 0.90 euro and market price is 200 euro ?
Let’s tell the truth to the world. France is the whole root cause of this. Let me easily break this down: I am a US citizen and service member(military) just like you but born and raised in Africa, came to the US as an immigrant because of these same issues. So I have a clear understanding of this because I lived this in a daily basis once growing up in Africa and I won’t hesitate to oust any African President working for French interests. To begin, France has never left Africa even after granting fake independence its African colonies in 1960’s. Why am I saying this? Africa has 54 countries and out of these 54 countries, 29 are French-speaking countries in Africa. 21 of those countries are known as Francophone countries. Francophone countries are countries which use French as their official language or use it as one of their other official languages since France colonized them and imposed French to them during colonization. All these French African speaking countries have never known peace or enjoy their own natural ressources that God gave to them, France consider the ressources of these countries as its ressources and they never stopped stealing from day one they settle in Africa before and after colonization, unlike England, france still steal and decide for these countries. France is the one that decides who can be a president or not in these countries despite the will of people of these countries. In france and America, a president term is 5 or 4 years and renewed one time, meaning you cannot rule in france or the US for more than 10 years combined, no matter how good of a president of government you are, you must go after completing your terms. But in Africa, france has set a hidden system called France-Afrique, please (Google this), in this system, france impose president and rulers to these countries, and these imposed presidents can remain or stay on power for decades as soon as they give all their ressources to France, this is the case for my country of origin Congo Brazzaville where France has imposed Denis Sassou Nguesso on power for more than 40 years. This guy has been there with the support of France killing Congolese, giving all the country’s ressources to France to get France support and remain forever on power. The funny part is that this president never won any election but he has been on power for more than 40 years, france do not say nothing about it since he is giving them all their ressources despite the people’s opposition and poverty. This is the same situation in all African speaking countries, france support and establish corrupted government and return, these governments give France everything, leaving the citizens of the country in deep poverty. Why is France doing this? Why can France support and help a corrupted president to kill people in Africa for their interests ? Why is France deciding for who can be or not be a president on these African countries? It is sad this behavior and this will only create hate in African citizens heart towards France because they see France as the number one responsible of their misery. Their decisions or feelings don’t matter, what matters is what France decides and no African wants to keep dealing with this game back and forth. My country the US, should stop supporting France on this greedy behavior.
I'm telling you, people who consume wheat products in Africa are lesser than 10% (Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt, and some other northern Africa) and most of them produce their own wheat like Egypt, etc... They are just familiar with corns, potatoes, cassava, Banana/plantains, rice, sorgum, etc.... This wheats things are propaganda.
I'm old enough to remember in the late-2000's the State department was warning about this part of Africa so we started pouring in weapons and training to their militaries. Shocker- almost all of the coups were led by officers trained by the US. 11 coups in Africa have been led by these officers. This isn't an accident, it was the plan.
And it has tons of historical precedents to back it up. US military “partnerships” with third world countries is almost always used to indoctrinate their military leaders into being very pro-US to the point of being outright foreign assets. This is how the US has toppled almost every government (of snuffed out left wing groups in them) since the 1950s.
State Department foster the conflicts it warns about. That's how they know. When they are about to lose control due to their ambitious and disastrous plans, then comes a landslide of warnings
So why would the U.S. keep training the people who launch coups if there's no benefit to the U.S.? U.S. is just stupid? U.S. loves certain coups ... the one in Ukraine that they helped launch in 2014. But now they're not happy with the one in Niger as apparently they hadn't give the order yet. @@bickyboo7789
Of course he is western aligned, he's literally an ex-us soldier. Know where your sources come from and that's it. I still think he's doing a really good job to depict current events
Even after watching the video this just feels like too complex a situation for me to weigh in on one side or the other. I just hope things can get better for the people in the region, they probably have enough things on their plate to deal with as it is. (Or, You Know, The exact opposite problem.)
the people are happy and have asked both french and us military forces to vacate before they take matters into their own hand. you dont know this part because your friend here wont tell you the full story
When there are 4.2 million people on Externally sourced "aid" and only 21 million in the nation, I think there's something else going on there that may need to be solved. A comedian of the 1990's made one point. IT'S A DESERT. IT'S GOING TO BE SAND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
I liked the noted relationship between sanctions on Russian oil resulting in African economic instability in relation to international credit rating downgrade leading to worse economic results in a cascade of tragedy. You mentioned Europe and U.S. having empathy for these African nations plight. U.S. credit rating was downgraded by Fisk one of the 3 major rating agencies that matter to AA+ from AAA. They cited Jan. 6 coup attempt and 2024 election as reasons for doubting the U.S. ability to service (pay) their loans in the future. This is the 2nd rating agency to downgrade U.S. credit with 2 at AA+ and 1 at AAA. What does this mean for the regular joe? Like you bad credit means higher interset rates to the federal reserve eho passes that cost on to you in the form of higher interest payment on literally everything borrowed. Empathy for these African nations is due here. The question remains what is the best way to recognize acknowlege their issues, factor in the humans paying the price, and work unphuck the situation. All while not being the colonial/imperialist aholes they claim we are. Food insecurity is the main issue so...brigades of tractors, divisions of seeds, and companies of irrigation supplies!? Cheaper than bombs for overall net results vs. Economic and human costs.
The credit ratings wouldn't go down for these African countries if they I don't know... Weren't so corrupt? So busy with old tribal feuds? Some countries I understand. Places like SA? No. I don't feel bad for them at all. Many countries have had over a century to get their act together, and they take one step forward and two steps back. People treat the people of Africa like they are innocent, naive, poor children. Which is demeaning or flat out racist. They are fully capable adults of figuring out their own issues. No one should have to help them. TLDR - People need to take some damn responsibility for their own situation. The countries in Africa need to take precedence over their lives, instead of using hate as a vehicle.
'They do not claim you are' they know and say you are because it is the truth. Look at who owns the economies of Africa, who is behind the laws of Africa? Who owns the land in Africa? who is behind the assassination of Thomas Sankara, Patrice Lumumba, etc and why? Africa is the richest continent in the world. Where does her resource, gold, diamonds, uranium, titanium, coffee, rubber, copper, etc go to on a daily basis to the tune of billions. Why? who forces African leaders to take debt? Which countries and banks hold deposits of money syphoned by African leaders out of their countries? Where do the arms in African conflicts come from? What and who causes the so called food insecurity you talk about? What did Jacques Chiraque mean when he said “without Africa France would become a third-rate power”
It's not lack of Russian oil and grain, it's the fact all these west and central African countries have their economies manipulated by the CFA Franc currency imposed by France, which is continuing colonial rule over them by stealth (and force)
Cracking video, Chris, stuffed with information, reality, rational thinking and open minded reflection. One of. your very best yet. Great stuff. Well done.
As usual, a more thorough and informative job of explaining the topic (including historical background) than anything on offer from corporate news organizations of any political persuasion. Thanks!
The removal of Ghadaffi is a major factor behind all these coups that doeesnt get discussed enough. The very weapons that belonged to his regime ended up in the hands of terrorists across West Africa.
And funny thing Gaddafi wasn't even rulling libya, not was head of libya. He was just someone who was head of the party not government, and just was respected guy whom the government listen to if he speaks. Watch Gaddafi goverment position during the last decade before his murder
What can America and France do to prevent coups in Africa? I think you have done enough on the continent already. If you haven't noticed France isn't exactly popular in Africa at the moment. Neither is America and for good reasons
@@andrewalderman9489 You might want to research the confessions of a former white South African intelligence official who revealed that the apartheid government intentionally infected Blacks with HIV. Then research the African academics involved in Ebola research. You are very misinformed
🤔🤔 You need to do a lot more research when it comes subjects that involves Africa, Africans, and their ways in solving some of their current issues with regards to sovereignty.
Libya was a bustling economy, where people had free education, free health care, free housing - and where their President, Muammar Gaddafi, a visionary, wanted to help Africa out of western dependence and neo-colonial oppression, making Africa a sovereign Continent, with a sovereign monetary system, detached from the Bank of France and the Bank of England, controlling its own resources and its own monetary Resources. Gaddafi was NOT a human rights abuser, as the west and western media conveniently painted him. To the contrary, Gaddafi was a leader for the people of Libya and for Africa. He wanted Africa to be free. That was his sin. The real abusers, mostly France, the UK and the United States, couldn’t allow the Resources richest Continent or the planet be independent. The west coveted these resources. So, they launched a NATO attack under false pretenses, on Libya and Gaddafi - and killed the one that could have liberated Africa from the fangs of western exploitation. Today, Libya is a sad chaotic tribal state that can hardly be called a country. It has become a slave trading place under the watch of western powers.
I understand the problems with mass migration but it baffles me how these European countries colonize these places and then are surprised when people migrate once they’re destabilized by the west
That doesnt really make sense though? Theres nothing they can do other than take responsibility and destroy the Terrorists and criminals causing the migrations though.
Thanks so much for emphasizing how important it is for people to understand a country's history in regards to why they coup or who they align with. A lot for times we will look through our American oil covered glasses rather than see things for what they are.
You are hilarious but yet informative. Love watching your videos. Learn a little something with humor and fact. Keep up the good work, I'll keep on watching!
I just wrote a really long comment that errored out when posting.... TLDR, love your videos, I'm a defense contractor and your videos have actually been the source of multiple ideas that have improved the ability of American soldiers to do their jobs. Please keep up the excellent work! Video Idea/Recommendation: How would all the many flashpoints around the world fair should the US and china enter direct conflict around Taiwan? The way I see it, all those flashpoints (Ukraine, Kosovo, Iran, North Korea, Israel, Niger, and many other unstable nations) would ignite should a US-China war breakout. It will keep the US distracted and focused on China, and be too big of an opportunity for those instigator nations to pass up. I cannot see a scenario where that US-China conflict does not plunge the world into a true World War. Do you agree? Do you think the US and it's allies can hold back all of those conflicts at once? Honestly I'm not so sure.... Would love to hear your thoughts.
An all out War with China would mean no more mister nice guy. France would take Niger out in a week while Israel would do pretty much everything outside of using nukes to defend themself.
I can see a scenario. China goes to war with the United States, and invades Taiwan first. Taiwan gives China a bloody nose, the US retaliates with nearly all of East Asia supporting it for a chance to finally end China's Pacific Aggression, and land stealing; China implodes from factions trying to seize power in revenge for Xi Xinping's purges, while the entire thing spirals out of control, leaving China facing the same fate as Germany. You think Korea, India, Russia, and others wouldn't jump at the chance to "stabilize" their borders with China, and North Korea? This either ends in China being balkanized, or China nuking all its neighbors, which further drags more nations into invading China until China's final destination is like Nazi Germany's... total eradication. The world economy is suffering. Every Western Nation on Earth is hoping for a World War to help stabilize their economies. However, another plausible scenario, China's pathological lies about their economy finally catches up, and it implodes, forcing China to crack down on dissent, which forces it into a massive civil war.
Keep in mind, it was RUSSIA that used to be thought of as "the world's 2nd strongest military". China is even worse when it comes to lying about their capabilities. It would be a bloody war for sure, but probably not a long one.
No they are low on ammo from the Ukrainian conflict already. Further conflicts will just be to sell weapons. Lives will be lost simply for war pigs to get richer. The US has shown everyone on multiple occasions that to spite being “the worlds best military” it fails in practical application. China would absolutely dominate the U.S. with a home field advantage and if world war broke out and everyone chose a side the US would have to contend with not only China and Russia but most of Africa and South America. Europe is in a recession and a world war would not go well for them. Not to mention China owns most manufacturing so anything you want built for the war you wouldn’t get it from them. For content It takes the US 1 month to make the bullets that Ukraine uses in 3 days.
Israel is not an instigator nation; the outsiders falsely claiming to be "palistinians" are however and Iran is a strong backer of these terror groups thus and Iran conflict with Israel will likely start but Israel is the US best allie and even if we deep in a fight with China we could still inflict severe devastation on Iran and ppl it backs... per ukr we should be bombing them not supporting them thus if the war ended and US was in a fight with China we would not support corrupt ukr if they start another fight... nk can't do anything as any attack on sk would be too damaging for both nations... our support for the French per relations would be as it is now, minimal for Niger... per history I could definitely see Kosovo and other nations in that region trying to settle grudges of the past... if the US does offer support to any nation it would be late in the game as usual but it would still be extremely risky for any nation to start crap think we are tied up
By the very end of the video I feel like I fully explained by thoughts on this complex issue. Yes, I was that one guy in your platoon that always tried to over throw the government but no one was ever down back in 08'. I was born too early. instagram.com/cappyarmy
Fantastic video
Fuckin savage 😘
Now all those guys are kicking themselves for wasting their prime fighting years for the Government.
“Taxation is Theft and Jet Fuel doesn’t melt steel beams!”
…
“Shut up Carl!”
❤❤
"I don't think I could pull off a coup."
Not with that attitude, you won't.
😂😂😂
@@cedriceric9730 Yep. Gotta Confident.
Remember, Adolf had to try once before he was successful.
Aka undercover fed saboteurs/instigators. @esphaeraspraestans4212
Brilliant 🤣🤣
"I don't think I could pull off a coup." As of today Chris has yet to successfully pull off a coup, this leads to the belief that it is not the training at Ft. Benning that allows someone to pull a successful coup, but something else entirely. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
I’m going to pull off a coup one of these days you’ll see !
🧐👀😅🤣🤣😂
As a Nigerian, cutting off another country's electricity supply is the height of irony 😂
😂😂
@@chatsworthosbornejr WOW. You are one of us now!
Do you mean you are from Nigeria or that you are from Niger? Just wondering because when people say "Nigerian" it sounds like it could be from either place.
@@undeadpresident I am from Nigeria!
Kogi State precisely.
@undeadpresident it’s “Nigerien” for people from Niger, and “Nigerian” for people from Nigeria
If the majority of people are not happy with their government. They should have the right to throw them out
That’s literally why the US has the right to bare arms, to overthrow a government if needed.
Exactly
Yes, it's called an election
Yes, but not to regimes we back!
@@perrydeng7404nah US in the past has already helped people over throwing democratically elected president 10 times. Dictators are bad unless they fit US interest
Vietnam Vet here. If there is anything I learned from that excursion - it’s never try to clean up a mess the French have made.
... the U.S have started the light by attacking the colonial powers after WW2.
But was the Vietnam war about cleaning after France or containing the communist block ?
@@qrsx66 Vietnam, for a short time, became an independent state under Ho Chi Minh just after WWII until the French came back cause they wanted Indochina again after they lost it to the Japanese.
So yes, it was cleaning up after the mess that the French made.
lol extremely wise words to live by when looking at history to understand the future.
@@qrsx66 people wanted independence regardless of ideology, is that simple?
France, France, France , should leave Africa alone or they will regret it sooner or later, these nations are way frustrated of France support to dictators presidents chosen and established to rule these countries by France in exchange of raw material or ressources. The UK has realized that long time ago and they left Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana alone long time
actually, the power of france over these countries is really highly exaggerated! and really !
Thanks!
I am Nigerian, and I follow your videos a lot. Aside the obvious insurgency that plauges west africa, I use to think the war in Europe won't come to African soil, but as it is, proxy wars are looming here as well. Our military obviously outmatch most in africa, but my concern is the people that have been plague by poverty, insecurity, and now war. I feel there could be other ways to end this without causing much suffering 💔.
Though your video is highly objective, the sources of your information are from official sources. West african countries control the offical news that goes out of the country, which usually could affect its authenticity and introduce bias. The best way for the average infantry man to understand what's truly going on is to ask the locals. A proper survey of what's going on in any country about how the people feel should be taken from the population.
Your military obviously doesn't outmatch most of west African country anymore, I am francophone and let me tell you that his reporting is biased and is the one of Western media. He said Burkina Faso has 7000 active duties , no that's not true, they have more than 70 0000 now,
Mali has more new generation weapon than Nigeria. Ask your drug dealer to avoid being a Puppet otherwise there might be a civil war in Nigeria itself, a war in Niger will destabilize Nigeria because the same people in the North of Nigeria speak the same language with people from Niger, they are the same family, they have divided by Colonization . Ecowas won't win this war, all ECOWAS countries will be destabilized. A lot of ECOWAS President don't want this war except only 3 Puppets, Senegal, Ivory coast, Benin and Tinubu who is hesitating
How do you see war in Ukraine and war in Africa is connected?
War in Ukraine is connected to this particular war because of the Nod-stream Gas pipeline, that was blown up, Nigeria has gas huge amount of gas reserves it is trying to sell to Europe and it has to pass that through Niger, Russians know this and have decided to block it by strategically setting up coups along the Sahel region to block any Gas line passage.
@@bogrunberger it's connected , because of geopolitics
@@bogrunberger because russia blocks grain shipments, and destroys infrastructure with said grain. And food shortages is one of the reasons of this coup. Russia works this way.
Misinformation campaigns are especially effective when used on the poorly educated who have social media access
Yeah like all those tiktok videos worshipping Traore.
If it was the case that makes 99% of Americans poorly educated. 😂
better worshipping Traore, if France never looted Niger Nigerian would never have problem with them,@@MiguelDLewis
@@MiguelDLewisTraore is a very intelligent and charismatic leader of Burkina Faso.
Just a normal day as american
Democracy in Africa is defined as: "the ability to choose your next dictator". As an African, I can say this with full conviction.
Maybe we need to return to tribal beliefs that we raise our leaders from the cradle to old age .
See you say that it’s just failed democracy or a dictator ship or whatever but at the same time these are countries that at China are heavily involved in and why would China push its occupied countries people to overthrow the western style government no reason honestly I think it’s insane. Anyone would think that or look at it.
Skill issue
Do you even select? "They" impose. You've never been the hand behind your leaders since democrazy was introduced by the west and they the west are the engineers of rigging and introduction of terror world over
One man. One vote. One time.
France has had it's heel in the throats of many African countries, and has stripped benefited financially very well from it. Leave the African countries alone and let them do for themselves.
Like in Sudan?
Better tell the Russians.
The US trained one of the guys that overthrew the government? Where have I heard that before? Weird how that keeps happening
And it mostly screws over Europe in favor of USA.
"How many times do we have to keep teaching you this lesson, old man?"
I'm seriously loving these longer form, more serious and analytical videos. This, the Mexican cartel video, the Lockheed video stand out as really excellent. Keep up the great work!
Yep - They're genuinely excellent.
Some folk grumble 'Chris Cappy missed xyz obscure fact' ......... but they're often just grandstanders.
I reckon he's delivering first rate summaries of complex issues in brilliantly accessible compact format.
The hypnotized never lie. Is that right?
@@FirstLast-zk5ow Nope - It depends
Now we need a video on why Chad is literally a giant Chad face
@@Farweasel Depends on what? How much time that they're spent in the land of make believe. Watching movies and television. They don't matter. They will repeat whatever the TV says. Their positions are obvious. What is yours?
African affairs are not for the US or Europe to meddle in or 'solve'. Their resources are their resources.
Unfortunately, the world has rarely ever in any historic reference worked that way
It becomes their problem when all the people from those countries clamour to get into Europe or USA due to instability back home. Especially when those African countries have so much potential to be great. That said I am from Africa myself.
Yeah we can clean up all the shit afterwards and bare the fucking consequenses during...
Wakanda Forever
Totally agree, African resources to benefit Africa period, everyone else to leave us alone smh
Always impressed by the depth and balance of these videos. The focus on explaining each perspective is outstanding in a space where everyone seems to be trying to pick sides or make other's pick sides. Like you said, Cappy, its not always perfect, but the attempt puts you head and shoulders above mainstream news.
Seriously though. It's really hard to find people that don''t just spout party rhetoric or flat out conspiracy theories lol. Party simps are fucking exhausting in general, but the fact that the internet has them all getting nothing but confirmation bias on a daily basis has made it so much worse than it used to be. It's nice to have a channel that seems to look at facts, not pick sides, and just put everything out there to give us the full picture of all involved.
@@chloewebb5526I know what you mean, and it’s not surprising to me that such a level-headed, informative, insightful channel comes from one of our veterans. By some stroke of luck, I’ve had loved ones in every branch of the military, and there are no finer people out there than American servicemen and servicewomen. God bless them for their service and their sacrifice.
This video is bias af
we never had democracy in Niger. its france that choosed the previous presidents
first sentence is right. 2nd is actually false: see kountché
Or Baré? Remember the semi-coup of Tandja, against the will of France? Hama is VERY versatile ans was supporting the role of France for a while and never reach power, mostly because he had less supports from different internal powers : What really mattered was the balance between lobbies of merchants (from Koni ou Diffa, if you see what I mean). Actually, from hat I have seen, France did arrange with whoever is in charge as far as Arlit sites are not touched. Worse than ruling everything, France did not care. The problem is also the perception of the importance of democracy (this is not elections that matter but the acceptance of counterpowers' balance) and its efficiency regarding development (democracy does not bring development alone. it is only a favoring condition, that is all)
Now, it's Putin.
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy Russia never colonized a country, or enslaved people. Russia always helped countries to have liberty like vietnam, cuba, south africa etc.
@@yassma977 You couldn't be more wrong. Look up "Russian imperialism"
Praetorian Guard has always been power brokers in impoverished nations.
What do you mean?
In Roman times Prartorian guards conducted coups as well.
@@gingerfox7143You aren't wrong.
@@gingerfox7143 yep, the praetorion guard even sold the title of emperor at one point.
I have never seen someone tiptoe and play devil's advocate so well in my life.
The way you were able to put the audience in their shoes from their perspective with increased costs and a history of colonialism was masterful.
I don't know how this doesn't have more upvotes. Among American creators, on this American platform, with (probably) mostly American viewers he does a much better job than most at showing not only how America and its allies have helped, but also how we've harmed.
Not American here, but glad that you have people to open your perspective. The blind "patriotism" only leads to support politics that causes great suffering all around the world. Maybe if you knew more about geopolitics you'd support different point of view. One that promote other politics, and positive relationships
Well he’s just being impartial and considering both perspectives
As a U.S. citizen, I truly wish my country would stay out of all foreign affairs and end every last dime of foreign aid. We have no business "nation building" and "spreading democracy" .
@@thh1899If we don’t then Russia/China will that’s the unfortunate truth
I would like to hear somebody from the continent or the area doing a commentary rather than just somebody in America thank you
this video is way more professional and informative than most mainstream media
CIA getting their monies worth
Listen to the African UA-camrs.
But there are lies camouflaged in crazy tales thou!
@@florencekimotho887bro UA-cam is a great news source
I was in The Gambia early 2017 when one morning ecowas troops were suddenly everywhere, not just on the border, they were in the major population centers and logistical nodes of Gambia. I talked to a couple of them and they gave a much better impression than the Gambian troops that patrolled until the day before.
well that's because Gambia is the size of a large city, isn't it?
@@Nickoguya No it's not the African continent is one of the biggest if not the biggest because most maps are based off old European colonizer maps and they always deemed Africa to be smaller than Europe, so I wouldn't trust most maps until they do a sat scan of the continent
@@maartent9697it is so. Many friends went on holiday in Africa and thought the flight would be shorter, with planes sometimes crashing from the sky as pilots planned for dhorter routes. Ships get regularly strandled as the map shows africa as being small. Google Earth purposedely alter the satellite images to make it look smaller. Gps signal is fugged too. You know when you enter Aftica but you never know whennyou will leave.😂😂 also planet is flat and the moon made of cheese.
@maartent9697 Gambia is one of the smallest countries on the continent with 11,300 km² which is 1/4th the size of Belgium in landmass. Gambia's population is 2.64 million which is less than some of the larger cities on any continent. So @sandejzack is being coherent and you are not. Paris' Metropolitan area is bigger than Gambia by over 7000 km². Maybe you could look it up, before acting like the coup leaders in your rhetoric; being ridiculous and uninformed while acting arrogant in your ignorance.
@maartent9697 all maps have some distortion. Taking a globe and making it a flat map is impossible without size, distance, direction, or scale being distorted. It's why Greenland seems so big on the Mercator projection. The higher latitudes on this type of projection, the larger the distortions get.
I am amazed how everyone became French speaking when pronouncing the name of this country.....
I'm shocked no clueless celebrity got canceled for pronouncing the name wrong yet.
I always used to pronounce it "Nye-jur." It wasn't until I watched a Sean Penn movie that I realized it was "Nee-jeer."
I've always pronounced the G like J in jerk. I assumed it would be the same pronunciation as Nigeria.
@@dekardkain5469 Exactly.
it be pretty racist if we pronounce it normally 😆
not me
You just made Siri ask my Apple speaker “how to overthrow the government” lol if I’m raided then it was not me 😂
"Coups are only good when we do them" got it.
Cough, 🇺🇦
Hey cappy, I love your videos and your down to earth humor. At 5:41- 5:46 you mentioned that after the coup the Nigeriens erupted in pro-democracy riots which is not what happened . Those were actually pro-junta celebrations. The junta had to resort to firing in the air to disperse the elated crowds. There is widespread resentment in Africa towards the West and we view many of our leaders as mere stooges of Europe and the USA
what about stooges of Russia or China. How many of those do you think there are? The pro-junta crowds were waving Russian flags, and Prigozhin told his troops "it is time to prepare for something big" so who do you think caused the coup?
Have fun with Russia I guess?
Then who else are you going to get support from? You've already proven you can't do it yourselves.
@@roofcake8951wow!… you truly believe that??… if the west and its agents leave africa then we will make it… but how will the west be able to survive if they start paying for precious natural resources??… you take gold and give us paper… think about that
The idea of USA or Europe being agents of peace is so far off tangent. Libya right now is divided thanks to nato. Afghanistan, oops the peacemakers left abruptly. Meanwhile Trump is being hounded for being anti establishment and you call that democracy?
Glad you raised the role of France. France still had a lot of power over their former colonies.
Can’t even talk about this without mentioning France 🤷🏼♂️
One develops a sneaking suspicion, wherever former colonialists are still somehow allowed bases with troops, that in the back of their mind always lurks the thought , "We could always drop a smart bomb on X."
these colonies never got independence
France has every right to own colonies or shadow colonies but if they don't treat the ppl fairly then the ppl have every right to fight for independence... every few years nations take bids on deals with African nations but rus has been the only one offering the most sensible terms compared to the west or Asia...
Let’s tell the truth to the world.
France is the whole root cause of this.
Let me easily break this down:
I am a US citizen and service member(military) just like you but born and raised in Africa, came to the US as an immigrant because of these same issues. So I have a clear understanding of this because I lived this in a daily basis once growing up in Africa and I won’t hesitate to oust any African President working for French interests.
To begin, France has never left Africa even after granting fake independence its African colonies in 1960’s.
Why am I saying this?
Africa has 54 countries and out of these 54 countries, 29 are French-speaking countries in Africa. 21 of those countries are known as Francophone countries. Francophone countries are countries which use French as their official language or use it as one of their other official languages since France colonized them and imposed French to them during colonization.
All these French African speaking countries have never known peace or enjoy their own natural ressources that God gave to them, France consider the ressources of these countries as its ressources and they never stopped stealing from day one they settle in Africa before and after colonization, unlike England, france still steal and decide for these countries.
France is the one that decides who can be a president or not in these countries despite the will of people of these countries.
In france and America, a president term is 5 or 4 years and renewed one time, meaning you cannot rule in france or the US for more than 10 years combined, no matter how good of a president of government you are, you must go after completing your terms. But in Africa, france has set a hidden system called France-Afrique, please (Google this), in this system, france impose president and rulers to these countries, and these imposed presidents can remain or stay on power for decades as soon as they give all their ressources to France, this is the case for my country of origin Congo Brazzaville where France has imposed Denis Sassou Nguesso on power for more than 40 years. This guy has been there with the support of France killing Congolese, giving all the country’s ressources to France to get France support and remain forever on power. The funny part is that this president never won any election but he has been on power for more than 40 years, france do not say nothing about it since he is giving them all their ressources despite the people’s opposition and poverty.
This is the same situation in all African speaking countries, france support and establish corrupted government and return, these governments give France everything, leaving the citizens of the country in deep poverty.
Why is France doing this?
Why can France support and help a corrupted president to kill people in Africa for their interests ?
Why is France deciding for who can be or not be a president on these African countries?
It is sad this behavior and this will only create hate in African citizens heart towards France because they see France as the number one responsible of their misery.
Their decisions or feelings don’t matter, what matters is what France decides and no African wants to keep dealing with this game back and forth.
My country the US, should stop supporting France on this greedy behavior.
"What can the US, France, and other western countries do to prevent this coup from staying in power". The better question is "why should they care?"
So ... US and Europe supported coups in Africa since colonisation "stopped", but now with this coup favoring RU "who cares about Africa"?
Dude the world has a global trade network a war in Africa will have ripple effect no just on the west but on the rest of the world. Africa provides a lot of the world rare metals.
5:10 If a government that comes to power by force is called a junta.
What is a government that comes to power by fraud called?
(Serious question. Please help.)
Chris finally learned to pronounce "nuclear" correctly! I knew you had it in you 💪
As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, this just feels like a return to normalcy. At least once a week you'd see "Country X in Africa/South/Central America has coup!" And you'd usually respond with, "Where?" And go back to watching the Simpsons.
This is the perfect representation of western vs non-western countries. People in the west spending time in casinos having good time etc. Meanwhile people in africa middle east or south america trying to survive because the u.s propped their dictators up.
or another news about machete massacres everyday , most of politicians there are a military or kind a warriors and brutal force take over elections , greedy rulers and blind not educated masses behind, they looks silly on this coup photos haha
Yeah I see your point but the main thing is we don't live in the 80s and 90s anymore we live in the bioterror and nuclear age where al-qaida and other groups are looking for mass destruction and sabotage wondering where all these fires are coming from
And just like the 80s and 90s the greedy USA is behind it...
earlier coups were implemented for American interests, nowadays its against that
At this point I wouldnt be surprised if WW3 breaks out in Africa
First time hearing about Africa?
I highly doubt it. For ww3 to break out major powers would have to get involved, with America barley even willing to go to war over Ukraine or Taiwan I highly doubt they would be willing to go to war for any African nation.
Plus no other major power is confident enough to confront nato right now. China says they won’t be ready until the 2040’s and with Russia who knows if they will ever recover from the Ukraine war or if they are just gonna spiral into another collapse like the ussr.
@@dickriggles942 first time i hear of africa while the us, russia and china are so close to direct confrontation...
Brics just push the button Putin 🙄
Good info.
While I'm no fan of Wagner or Russia, our western record in those countries was often abismal. France for instance has always regarded African uranium as their birthright. People are in extreme poverty in countries with very rich natural resources, with only a small top political class very rich.
So what a lot of ECOWAS are saying is "We're afraid their corrupt guys will replace our corrupt guys".
As example, the north of Mali (no natural resources) was long without any real presence of their government. First Touareg rebels and then Al Quaeda took it over, and nobody (there or elsewhere) cared for years under whom the people there were starving.
But then Al Quaeda kidnapped 2 French engineers from the uranium mines, and France sent 3000 troops, and kicked Quaeda out quick.
When they wanted to return it to the Mali government, they declined to reoccupy it, so the French got a bit stuck there.
It seems that at every takeover,Touareg,French, Al Quaeda, people were cheering, as things are so bad, they could only get better.
Thank you. Saved me an essay. We've had 300 years of western rule with this to show for it. We've failed.
Underrated comment. Cappy neglected to really examine France's decades-long control over Nigerien gold and uranium mines. For example, uranium is 70 percent of the country’s exports but contributes only 5 percent to the nation's GDP. Also, nearly 90 percent of Niger's population has no access to electricity. I don't understand how he could fail to mention such staggering statistics.
@@Mortablunt nations have every right to own colonies if they have the power to maintain them; but if they don't that the ppl well then the ppl have every right to fight for independence... Islam take overs is an extreme problem but the west refuses to do what needs to be done per politics thus ends up supporting terrorists instead of stopping them
"France for instance has always regarded African uranium as their birthright." by buying it from them with money. Oh the calamity.
I'm not sure you got the right informations here...
France never regarded African Uranium as a birth right, they paid for the installation of the mine and extraction plants on site, through a contract, that benefitted African too (at least it would have, if not for the tendency of African people for corruption and embezzlement). But it was not "stolen" like you can read so often in anti-french african articles.
Second, most of Uranium actually comes from Australia (almost 30% of the world production), Kazahkstan (not a French supplier, for obvious reasons) and Canada. Niger only come in 6th or 7th place depending on the yearly production. Not necessary for France supply.
Third, You are lying (or badly informed) about the Al Qaeda and the reason for France to send troops. Mali asked France to help them against terrorists. They invited the French troops, in 2013 (operation Serval). And kicking Al Qaeda they did (especially in the North of Mali, pushing them outside of Mali borders. This required a reorganisation of the operation as it needed to be able to cross borders. That's how Barkhane replace the other operation in the Sahel region.
What you are wrongly referring to is the kidnapping of 5 French people in NIGER.... Not the same country, not the right amount of people, and not the same year.
Oh, and they could not have kidnapped them in Mali, because Mali don't have Uranium mine anymore.
But I concurr, the Malian gouvernement failed it's citizens, and now Niger seem to be going in a similar direction following this coup...
When will America learn that training a bunch of guys to be the bestest soldiers possible wont magically make the circumstances that cause corruption and unrest disappear?
We tried it in the middle east, we tried it in Vietnam, and we tried it here. If we wanna be the world police and actually help people, we'd need to build up the infrastructure and make it so the average person has a decent chance of improving their lot in life, as well as giving them representation.
Well you're not wrong, but if Cappy's and Real Life Lore's vids have shown us anything it's that you can't just focus infrastructure and economic growth and hope for the best, unless you establish security first. Otherwise someone else is just going to swoop in and either take it from you or destroy it.
if the u .s wont get involved who will sell weapons? lol
How are you going to do all that if there is no security or stability?
I think that would be a good video, America trained extremist etc..
To be fair, we did try to build up the infrastructure in Afghanistan and Iraq, and we all know how well that went...
This is extraordinary information from a neglected region for decades. Appreciate your reserach, dedication and empathy towards these nations.
It's boogus
Cappy, I like that you ended the episode referencing the citizen soldier. Democratic processes fail if the citizen soldier does not stand up for them; it is that simple. Also, the statement "I have another Coup in an Hour" is a high comedy.
Democracy isn’t an African tradition though and that’s a whole different dusty African road to walk. 😂 however…. That’s a BIGGER part of the problem
And that joke was GOLD 😅😆
Thank god we’re a republic and not a democracy. Could you imagine the insanity that would occur if we gave the people 100% say so?
Fun fact, Socrates, and Aristotle were both huge critics of democracy, one notable quote, expressing how they all end up in tyranny.
@My-cat-is-staring-at-youwhat on Earth is that translation doing LOL.
@My-cat-is-staring-at-you as of 2022 only 7 of the 54 countries in Africa are democratic according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. neither Ethiopia nor Nigeria are of those 7.
@@BVonBuescher direct democracy is the best as long as you have articles of confederation or a charter of citizen rights that cannot be voted on.
The U.S seems to have a knack for training its future enemies.
like Fate/Grand Order (anime/game) Rome teached Attila
Good at what they did 😂
Funny huh we train then they become enemies huh ?
Almost like its planned
Feels like you're hitting a new level where you're less partisan/patriotic and more objective in your presentation. That's very good. Keep going in that direction. Much love from Aotearoa
Oh the horrors of colonialism.... Back when they had roads, hospitals, working infrastructure, schools, modern medicine, actual bridges and working sanitation. Not to mention a functioning police force and safety and security. Oh the horror.
I've been subscribed since 400k subs and it's crazy how much effort you still put into each video since then. Such an amazing UA-camr.
Remember democracy doesn't equal sovereignty! You need both for a successful society
Great example is Canada. You protest against something the government doesn't like? You can literally be starved by having your money seized by a government that was elected by a MINORITY of the voters.
Western democracy = modern slavery
The goal is to preach democracy to gain access to other countries political system and exploit resources.
@@MuhammedMuhammed-xd7qo wasnt that because you were being funded by foreign interests?
Yeah. Also, democracy sounds quite an empty word when the government is kept in power by foreign troops while being hated by that country's people.
We have to stop acting like the policeman of the world and get our military out of foreign countries.
You are very right they are not wanted
So naive. No one is acting as policeman of the world. The motivation is always self interest.
We (The U.S. And Allied countries) need those foreign countries for various reason... So we must act as policeman of the world. Without those poor Africa country resources, you may see blackout in Europe, high price as well as food shortage in Japan, Electric cars as well as other luxury technology goods broken down in China and U.S.
I used to think like that for many years, but I've (unhappily) changed my position. What's our national debt now, 36 trillion? Anytime a major nation's debt exceeds it GDP there is cause for massive concern (possible failed state). America's only saving grace, however, is that the international order(trade/finance) runs on dollars. Thus, the world must buy dollars to operate, creating demand for our dollar; hence, buy our debt. The US economy and self-cannibalizing gov't would implode if the dollar ceased to be the international currency. Something, by the way, China is slowly but surely chipping away at.
The United State's economic might, but more importantly, global military might is the only way to ensure the dollar retains it's position. Hell, Saddam and Muammar Gaddafi were going to stop using dollars for the sale of petroleum products. China is elated about America's increasingly isolationists feelings; they cannot wait to fill the vacuum.
Me, personally, I think any sovereign nation has the right to determine how they operate. For years I said the exact same thing, "we don't need to be the world's police." Regardless of one's political views, Bush's little crusade in the East and the 2007-08 financial crash totally really weakened our country economically, diplomatically, and most of all weakened our military (cancelled funding and development of Pacific operations for counter terrorism).
@@jayklink851 It's not a contest between debt and GDP. It's the long game between deficits vs growth in GDP, and there's a fkton of nuance. Issue an appropriate level of debt to fuel growth and you win. Print money or go balls out austerity and you lose.
Great video :)
Thanks for mentioning Europe shouldering the migration burdern.
Its literally changed the dynamic in the EU forever.
Man, I loved the multiple side. The human experience can be evil, but your and your teams' work shed light. Thank you
The US/UK/EU need to Stay Out of African Affairs!
What about russia and china
@@gibson2675 China and Russia have done more Productive Works in Africa in a Decade the the Europeans have done in Centuries.... how many Military Bases and Terrorists are they Arming? DEFINITELY NOT AS MANY AS THE US/UK/EU which has destroyed, looted and plundered the Majority of the Continent
@@gibson2675 imagine is China or Russia Destroyed Libya like the US/UK/EU did... literally ruining the Most Prosperous Nation in Africa into Open Slave Markets after the US/UK/EU invasion.....if China or Russia did that, the US media would never stop the coverage on it....but instead the US government did it so they get NO Media Coverage about that.
''If sanctions don't work, what about those bullets?'' this quote wins the internet today
No, not today or any day
I swear he's saying burgerkinga faso! 😂
Adding to your point about the economic context in Africa, one more screw being slowly tightened on African countries is that foreign interests (mining companies, oil companies, national govts -- of which your examples of Wagner, the US, and France are only a small selection) have been extracting a NET value of $40 bn per year on average out of Africa. This ACCOUNTS FOR FINANCIIAL AID (loans, grants) provided to African countries -- which implies that some proportion of taxpayer money that is labeled "foreign aid" is actually indirectly transferred/laundered through Africa and then become corporate revenues in the present that are paid off in the future by the recipient country (since loan/grant funding is spent first, then paid off over the next several decades). I read about this around 2017, so I'm assuming it's built up over decades prior to that. More stable countries (like Cameroon?) receive less aid, while less stable countries receive more, as a proportion of their respective national GDPs.
My takeaway is that special/private interests and companies are running an enormous shell game, where they pay lobbyists to fight for their govts to shuffle multiple countries' taxpayer money into various African countries in the guise of foreign aid. Due to a combination of illegal appropriation (corruption) and mostly-legal appropriation (govt pork barrel contracts and nepotism), a not-insignificant percentage of this money is siphoned off to various private/special interests and companies, as a quid pro quo for getting first/special consideration for oil exploration and drilling rights from the recipient African countries (tax incentives, discounts on land/labor etc).
Other branches of these special interests then push the news media narrative that "rich" countries spend too much on foreign aid, arguing for cutting this aid. I'm guessing the strat is to appear to lead the call for cutting this aid expense, to conceal the fact that they're benefiting from that aid. B/c practically speaking, it'll never be drastically cut unless the lobbyists are instructed to call for it.
Meanwhile, the African countries with the lowest GDP per capita, and therefore the populations most vulnerable/sensitive to price shocks for food and fuel, get bled slowly every year. It's like a developed nation worker being forced at gunpoint 60 years ago to pay $600 a year for the privilege of having a parade of strangers rotate through their house to do business and make a mess. The money itself isn't the key issue, though a national equivalent of 3 months' worth of groceries isn't something the average citizen would willingly set fire to for fun. And it does mean a lot more to a nation that's already struggling paycheck to paycheck or deep in debt (without having the US's clout to demand favorable credit terms). It's also the outrage of being forced to endure the indignity of being forced to allow outsiders to mess with your shit.
And yet these outsiders now take umbrage at the filthy locals getting upset. How very dare they... /sarcasm
Unfortunately, while it was easy for the various colonial and counter/revolutionary factions to tear down previously stable (or at least in equilibriium) local power structures, it's not as easy to rebuild a new one from whole cloth. Once selfish interests see how easy it is to tear down a long-standing traditional authority, it's a lot easier (within months or years) to tear down whatever ramshackle new govt has been instated in the past decade. It doesn't matter that the grandchildren of the people who did this to Africa no longer want to play with their ancestors' broken playthings. This is our inherited legacy (and my ancestors were on the receiving end of colonialism).
I feel like a unicorn deal for the underdeveloped African countries would be to provide them with low/no-interest development loans for a century, as well as enforcing a strict review of any trade deals (between countries or with corporations) to ensure that a net positive amount of revenue is retained and reinvested in-country. And let/help them develop the way they see fit, with a minimum of strings attached or even none at all. Not that any powermonger is going to charitably let go of this game so easily -- if any one does, some other foreign interest will swoop into the power vacuum opportunistically (which is what has fed some of the current instability, despite or perhaps because of the US having toned down its heavy-handed interference significantly since the height of the Cold War).
France fucked around for decades, addicted to their post-colonial residuals. Now they get to find out. (and various other interests, like the corps backed by the US for their sweet campaign contributions)
This is just like when I was a kid. There was a coup every other week. I wonder if they’ll ever get it right…
Nope. They never will.
@@slimdiddyd They will especially if the west keeps its hands off the African affairs. Who caused and sponsored the coups in Africa. CIA, France and the west.
@@slimdiddydif all the countries United and gave them the infrastructure. But yeah that's impossible.
I think you'll find that Gibraltar, the closest geographical part of Europe is actually a British overseas territory. Spain is a little further North.
No, Gibraltar is somewhat further to the northeast to southernmost point of Iberian peninsula. It's also like a 5km difference in distance and Spain and Italy will be most affected by african refugee crisis so who cares about such technicality
Absolutely.
Sorry. I stand corrected. I should have just looked at the map before commenting!
How did your comment get any likes?lmaooo
Don't forget the Spanish enclaves actually in Africa.
Africa has to work out their own leaders. It’s not for the U.S. or Europe to decide who should lead.
“Shoulder the migrant crisis” THAT THEY CREATED?????
I love how the Average Infantryman is really concerned about larger geopolitical questions, and that's like half the videos on this channel. The thought that infantry and service members really do consider not just the immediate which-end-do-I-point-at-them but the larger questions of why are we here, what's our end game, are we even the most effective method to effect our goals, and what are the impacts of what we're doing - this makes me feel safer.
Cappy is not (an average infantryman) look into his early life history. He is a propaganda shill pure and simple. I went to basic at the same time and place as Cappy, and some things he said didnt add up, so I looked into his bio a little closer...
A soldier in war is not allowed to think about it, but in civilian life he is an ordinary person like you or me.
In my army time, one of the most often asked questions was "Are we going THERE?". Is that really surprising?
Soldiers asking these questions to themselves and their comrades, then not receiving fulfilling answers from their governments, eventually leads to moral collapse. People simply cannot put their lives on the line without understanding the greater purpose they are serving. This happened to US troops in Vietnam.
There are moments in history when war is necessary. When it is, all of us would do well to ask ourselves and our governments these exact questions. We all need to be aware of the risks and the long term consequences. We the citizens of all nations are the military.
Cappy did a magnificent job in his analysis and presentation.
@@Navigator2166 I'd not expect to know before the government or even the intelligence agencies know. And not knowing before its on the front page of major newspapers is especially a skill of politicians. Vietnam was especially bad, because the US pretty much won all battles, but lost the war as whole. The strategic and theater level command as well as most US civilians did not take part in reality.
Thank you Cap for this, appreciate the work to present the whole story as one piece
The whole story ? No electricity!
All their money goes to France !
@@rykson161 chill bro, as in piecing the different news coming out over the days into one coherent piece.
@rykson161 also inaccurate info, my dude. I'm ready to agree with you on certain points that you are summarizing in this generalization, but your statement is just that; an exaggerated generalization.
@@tobago3679 WRONG / READ SOME MORE
@@rykson161 too much information in your comment for me to handle, I yield.
You most certainly can defeat what you don’t understand you destroy all the military equipment in the country and taking over unlike we did in Afghanistan. We didn’t take all their guns and everything from them and just took them over.
How many coups have the USA engineered in the past 70 years? Recently, 2014 in Ukraine; Pakistan in 2022...
lolwhat
Nice one mate!
The entire continent of Africa got dealt the most disgustingly unfair deck of cards and its sad
Another good 'un. Thanks for the time and effort you put into making videos like this. It's UA-camrs like you who are picking up the slack left by our uninformed media outlets.
Leave Africa alone
@@fanuelnatnael8241 Russia has no intention of doing that.
Riiggghhhhtt…
*BOT8918*
The ONLY justification for the US stationing 1,000 US troops in Niger is to ensure our access to the uranium resources of that country. It’s kinda hard to remain a premier nuclear power if you don’t do your damndest to monopolize access to significant deposits of uranium globally.
Bottom line
Canada produces 10 times the amount of Uranium of Niger. Australia twice as much and they can ramp it up. The risk of terrorist organizations in the region is a much bigger concern.
There is no justification for US troops anywhere other than the USA
We could print nukes with Canadian uranium, more then enough to ruin modern civilization multiple time over.
@@adapixei836 There were no terrorists until Europe got involved.
Facts. Us government always just thinking about themselves
Every government just thinks about themselves and their own interests. That’s simply how life is, you secure the best resources and deals for yourself and your people.
Bingo@@Shane10871
@@Shane10871and why do you think still so many global problems
@@Shane10871 they dont even give the people proper happiness and value in life. All a system and "new age" slavery
you're shockingly sane and objective for an American and i love your videos
greetings from Vienna ✌️
Chris, I really appreciate the way you present your overviews of highly complicated world events. Rather than just parroting current headlines, you try to tell stories in their political and historical contexts, often far beyond what I find in other sources. Thanks for the time and effort you spend researching and distilling your presentations to better educate people like me.
Maybe you should do your own research to find out what's really going on there.
Not when the abuser is telling the story of his abuse. You will like that wouldn't you? Why not?
@theoodunlami5513 regardless, he's telling it as it is.
It's not that complicated. The west and Russia are having their own proxy wars in Africa like it's the Cold War again, only this time the West is relying much more on their African puppets to do their dirty work because Russia has systematically embarrassed them in Ukraine. Not much complication here when there are so many resources at stake for either your own consumption or at least denial to the enemy.
@@magma2680no. No he is not. He’s not parroting mainstream talking points BUT he is OBVIOUSLY just using Google to search for his information. The “counter points” are very clearly whitewashed and have zero depth to them.
He continues to use government sources to support positions. The 40% reduction in attacks is complete BS.
In early 2000, food supply was satisfactory, security was like 5-10 attacks per year… fast forward 20 years of US dumping $500 million and 1,000 troops into the area and we see a 30,000 percent increase in attacks. And food is scarce.
Further. The now-previous Niger government was the direct cause of much of the extremism. 70+% of those that joined the extremist did so BECAUSE of the Niger government’s actions (human rights violations).
That President was a Western puppet who did whatever he was told. The coup gave the govt back to the ppl. The his video did an injustice to the Niger citizens because he can’t seem to understand that Google is a captured vehicle for state propaganda.
A good analysis of a very complex situation. My thinking is that Africans need to solve their own problems at this point even though colonialism is responsible for the mess. Nothing will get better until Europe, Russia and the United States stop meddling in African affairs.
USA stop meddling in foreign affairs ? Thats like saying trans arent the future of US
Russia doesn’t work the same way as the west in Africa. Like China they play a longer game more patience etc.
@mrteacher1315 they don't want to acknowledge that part.
This cappy guy sounds like a usa propagandists.
@@elhajj4285 Tough to throw off such hardcore indoctrination more like but works the same way it’s far better than Soviet or Chinese propaganda.
I learned so much. You could watch the TV news all day and learn nothing real about this.
Exactly! Why do I care? Let them figure it out, we have our own problems..., just close the US borders.. Done. Any more problems you want me to solve!
End the storm shows itself😂😂 took you guys long to realise that😊
Two Points:
1) Since the Global War on Terrorism started Africa saw an increase of 30,000% more terrorist attacks
2) You might wanna look more closely into Nigeria's President. He has a very shady past involving drug money which makes him vulnerable to foreign pressure. His coming to power is also very very interesting.
Oh and another thing: is it possible that US just wants France to go away? Wouldn't be the first time. Remember Australian submarine deal? Macron was talking about independent Europe a couple of months ago. And the coup dude was trained by the US.
I saw that about the Nigeria's President but have you notice that the more things come out about him the harder he pushes for invasion ,like someone is saying if you don't hurry up an invade or we will release more.
@@SEEMOREXYZAlso his appointment as ecowas chair was contrived. The sequence of chairmanship was to be awarded to a francophone country, but it was awarded to him. He's clearly another puppet of the USA.
Interesting points you have made. I also want to add Macron’s interest to join Brics could have been a reason for the U.S. to push for the expulsion of France from Niger.
@@dalac_93 Russia said any country which apply sanctions cannot be in BRICS. And south Africa said France cannot come to their event.
@@gingerfox7143 I’m just pointing out the move by macron. The U.S. might have seen that as a betrayal.
Glad you mentioned the Central African Franc. Something not discussed very often.
The 50% they have to put in to the French central bank is invested by France and the depositor countries have to accept whatever payout France gives them. There is no accountability.
France (companies) has the first right of refusal for any economic opportunity.
That certain french company who controls the uranium trade has dumped the waste and it is contaminating the ground water, land, people.
@@geetee2694 LOL, that sounds wildly unfair. From what I know France essentially got to extract some wealth from CFA nations but that sounds more like a financial vacuum sucking wealth out of those African nations and dumping it into France. If that's the case then no wonder the people have a bone to pick with the French.
@@geetee2694 It's only 50% of exchange reserves, basically the money used to balance payments for foreign trade. France doesn't really gain anything from this and it's probably good for the member countries right now, considering the political instability.
France does not have the first right of refusal for any economic opportunity.
French Anti-Nuclear organization CRIIRAD has claimed that Orano could be endangering the air and water in the Uranium mining town. CRIIRAD measured the radioactivity of some mill tailings which could disperse via the wind. Orano monitors the radioactivity and claims they are within safe limits. They claim they will cover the mill tailings with some dirt. There is no evidence of dangerous radioactivity in the town as of now.
@@geetee2694France uses Niger as its mining quarry and don't see any people there.
@@geetee2694 it is 85%
There was some recent controversy over suspected weapons shipments and a joint military exercises involving South Africa and Russia. Might be a good video topic. South African resentments over colonialism are likely being exploited by Russia similar in a similar fashion to Niger. There's a tendency in the 'West' to brush off the systematic dehumanization of the continent and wholesale exploitation that occurred over hundreds of years. For poor people suffering across the continent the legacy of colonialism is still very real. It is also important to understand in general that the decisions of the state and policies promoted by the state do to reflect the needs or desires of the population.
Russia and China will bring them "Freedom"😂😂
Another struggle much of Africa has to deal with is the fact its Borders were largely drawn up by European Colonisers. A lot of Borders in Africa cut thru the middle of some Communities that share language, culture and religion, and force them to coexist and cogovern with other groups they may have little in common with. Most Borders in Africa are not natural by geography, history or culture. That really doesn't help stability. For example, Niger's National Language is French. A language none of them spoke 300 years ago is now the only language they have in common.
@@tsubadaikhan6332own problem besides putting our regional/clans interests above the country's one, is definitely the way we govern (corruption and nepotism) and the lack of accountability.
@@bittermochi259 "freedom" without prosperity is meaningless. France and other colonialists give freedom of corruption to the "democratically" elected officials and in turn they take 95% of the profits.
@@258Loures Africa has my full sympathy when it comes to Governance. It is incredibly difficult to come up with an effective, non corrupt Government when your history has never given you an example of one.
Western people endlessly complain about our Governments, and while they're far from perfect, we've had 200 years of trying to make them effective, accountable and not corrupt.
And very few of us will tell you we've got it right yet.
Oh please 😂 "democratically elected" what a joke‼️
It's simple.
No more puppets.
Pay don't steal.
Exactly
Most non puppets steal too. When that money starts flowing it almost always gets robbed from the people.
May the African people stand strong and fight for their full independence from neocolonialist
Agreed, Neocolonist Russia should take its hands off Africa
Wagner are just a nice bunch of gentlemen who are in Africa as volunteers for altruistic reasons. How dare you impugn the fine reputation of Russian omnibenevolence. 😉
@@andrewalderman9489Russia doesn't have the same bad reputation as the West does and the Africans know that. Just to remind you real quick...
And because they're neo colonializers and don't have a bad reputation yet, it's ok if they do the same? Wow you learnt nothing out of that
I love how you tell us exactly why this is important and basically answer the crux of the title of the video right at the beginning in a clear manner and then go into the details most ppl and ppl like that guy Johnny whatever tf would bury the information in the middle or end of the video to force u to stick around or end up not even answering the question of the title or just muddying the waters even more. So I appreciate that a lot and I think it really builds trust with your viewership. You basically leave it up to the viewer to decide if they want all the details or not. Clear and concise script writing and I applaud it.
it is true 1. 50% from income must stay in france ?
2. they don't have national curency
3. frace aprove all transaction
4. france "buy" uranium ore at 0.90 euro and market price is 200 euro ?
Thank you Chris Cappy. I learned a lot in a short time.
You are awesome in every video you post. I love 💕 your sense of humor and humility.
Let’s tell the truth to the world.
France is the whole root cause of this.
Let me easily break this down:
I am a US citizen and service member(military) just like you but born and raised in Africa, came to the US as an immigrant because of these same issues. So I have a clear understanding of this because I lived this in a daily basis once growing up in Africa and I won’t hesitate to oust any African President working for French interests.
To begin, France has never left Africa even after granting fake independence its African colonies in 1960’s.
Why am I saying this?
Africa has 54 countries and out of these 54 countries, 29 are French-speaking countries in Africa. 21 of those countries are known as Francophone countries. Francophone countries are countries which use French as their official language or use it as one of their other official languages since France colonized them and imposed French to them during colonization.
All these French African speaking countries have never known peace or enjoy their own natural ressources that God gave to them, France consider the ressources of these countries as its ressources and they never stopped stealing from day one they settle in Africa before and after colonization, unlike England, france still steal and decide for these countries.
France is the one that decides who can be a president or not in these countries despite the will of people of these countries.
In france and America, a president term is 5 or 4 years and renewed one time, meaning you cannot rule in france or the US for more than 10 years combined, no matter how good of a president of government you are, you must go after completing your terms. But in Africa, france has set a hidden system called France-Afrique, please (Google this), in this system, france impose president and rulers to these countries, and these imposed presidents can remain or stay on power for decades as soon as they give all their ressources to France, this is the case for my country of origin Congo Brazzaville where France has imposed Denis Sassou Nguesso on power for more than 40 years. This guy has been there with the support of France killing Congolese, giving all the country’s ressources to France to get France support and remain forever on power. The funny part is that this president never won any election but he has been on power for more than 40 years, france do not say nothing about it since he is giving them all their ressources despite the people’s opposition and poverty.
This is the same situation in all African speaking countries, france support and establish corrupted government and return, these governments give France everything, leaving the citizens of the country in deep poverty.
Why is France doing this?
Why can France support and help a corrupted president to kill people in Africa for their interests ?
Why is France deciding for who can be or not be a president on these African countries?
It is sad this behavior and this will only create hate in African citizens heart towards France because they see France as the number one responsible of their misery.
Their decisions or feelings don’t matter, what matters is what France decides and no African wants to keep dealing with this game back and forth.
My country the US, should stop supporting France on this greedy behavior.
Nicely broken down, and objective. By the way I'm from Mali.
Zeihan called it a year ago when he said losing Ukraine grain and wheat will cause problems in Africa.
I'm telling you, people who consume wheat products in Africa are lesser than 10% (Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt, and some other northern Africa) and most of them produce their own wheat like Egypt, etc... They are just familiar with corns, potatoes, cassava, Banana/plantains, rice, sorgum, etc....
This wheats things are propaganda.
@@upwardmove they r losing rice coming from vietnam and india as well, thing getting wild
Most of Ukraine’s grain goes for animal food in the EU and China, almost none of it goes to Africa, Russian grain does go to Africa far more of it.
@@upwardmove Not my problem either way why would I care if people 3,400km get their daily wheat intake?
@@upwardmoveeducation yourself about where Ukrainian grains goes. it all went to Europe 😀.
Thank you for this! You are educating masses.
It is interesting to see a young European soldier's 'honest' perspective... So much colors hobling the sincere inquiry effort.
he is not European but American.
@@pandaDotDragon Close enough.
@@pandaDotDragonwhite enough
I'm old enough to remember in the late-2000's the State department was warning about this part of Africa so we started pouring in weapons and training to their militaries. Shocker- almost all of the coups were led by officers trained by the US. 11 coups in Africa have been led by these officers. This isn't an accident, it was the plan.
And it has tons of historical precedents to back it up. US military “partnerships” with third world countries is almost always used to indoctrinate their military leaders into being very pro-US to the point of being outright foreign assets. This is how the US has toppled almost every government (of snuffed out left wing groups in them) since the 1950s.
State Department foster the conflicts it warns about. That's how they know. When they are about to lose control due to their ambitious and disastrous plans, then comes a landslide of warnings
Believe a US trained master sgt took over Liberia
I'm not so sure that was the plan lol. How would that benefit the US at all?
So why would the U.S. keep training the people who launch coups if there's no benefit to the U.S.? U.S. is just stupid? U.S. loves certain coups ... the one in Ukraine that they helped launch in 2014. But now they're not happy with the one in Niger as apparently they hadn't give the order yet. @@bickyboo7789
Of course he is western aligned, he's literally an ex-us soldier. Know where your sources come from and that's it. I still think he's doing a really good job to depict current events
love these videos, the perfect balance of information and fun skits
Even after watching the video this just feels like too complex a situation for me to weigh in on one side or the other. I just hope things can get better for the people in the region, they probably have enough things on their plate to deal with as it is. (Or, You Know, The exact opposite problem.)
It's not that difficult, when rich and powerful nations subjugate and steal the resources of a weaker people, side with the weaker people.
Africa is finally realizing their worth..France has literally been robbing them and keeping them poor for centuries..when in reality France needs them
It's usa, vs russia and China, trying to take over Africa.
the people are happy and have asked both french and us military forces to vacate before they take matters into their own hand. you dont know this part because your friend here wont tell you the full story
@famousmwofficial8046 Lol, it's a coup. The people got none. The military again will rob them blind and replace Western coloniser with Russian one.
When there are 4.2 million people on Externally sourced "aid" and only 21 million in the nation, I think there's something else going on there that may need to be solved. A comedian of the 1990's made one point. IT'S A DESERT. IT'S GOING TO BE SAND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
Niger doesnt need aid, all they need is a fair pay for their minerals.
yeah, these countries dont realize that without global trade ensured by the US there would be mass famine.
I liked the noted relationship between sanctions on Russian oil resulting in African economic instability in relation to international credit rating downgrade leading to worse economic results in a cascade of tragedy. You mentioned Europe and U.S. having empathy for these African nations plight. U.S. credit rating was downgraded by Fisk one of the 3 major rating agencies that matter to AA+ from AAA. They cited Jan. 6 coup attempt and 2024 election as reasons for doubting the U.S. ability to service (pay) their loans in the future. This is the 2nd rating agency to downgrade U.S. credit with 2 at AA+ and 1 at AAA. What does this mean for the regular joe? Like you bad credit means higher interset rates to the federal reserve eho passes that cost on to you in the form of higher interest payment on literally everything borrowed. Empathy for these African nations is due here. The question remains what is the best way to recognize acknowlege their issues, factor in the humans paying the price, and work unphuck the situation. All while not being the colonial/imperialist aholes they claim we are. Food insecurity is the main issue so...brigades of tractors, divisions of seeds, and companies of irrigation supplies!? Cheaper than bombs for overall net results vs. Economic and human costs.
Lets not forget those special forces agricultural advisors.
Let us face it they don't want the West 😮🎉
The credit ratings wouldn't go down for these African countries if they I don't know... Weren't so corrupt? So busy with old tribal feuds?
Some countries I understand. Places like SA? No. I don't feel bad for them at all.
Many countries have had over a century to get their act together, and they take one step forward and two steps back.
People treat the people of Africa like they are innocent, naive, poor children. Which is demeaning or flat out racist.
They are fully capable adults of figuring out their own issues. No one should have to help them.
TLDR - People need to take some damn responsibility for their own situation. The countries in Africa need to take precedence over their lives, instead of using hate as a vehicle.
'They do not claim you are' they know and say you are because it is the truth. Look at who owns the economies of Africa, who is behind the laws of Africa? Who owns the land in Africa? who is behind the assassination of Thomas Sankara, Patrice Lumumba, etc and why? Africa is the richest continent in the world. Where does her resource, gold, diamonds, uranium, titanium, coffee, rubber, copper, etc go to on a daily basis to the tune of billions. Why? who forces African leaders to take debt? Which countries and banks hold deposits of money syphoned by African leaders out of their countries? Where do the arms in African conflicts come from? What and who causes the so called food insecurity you talk about? What did Jacques Chiraque mean when he said “without Africa France would become a third-rate power”
It's not lack of Russian oil and grain, it's the fact all these west and central African countries have their economies manipulated by the CFA Franc currency imposed by France, which is continuing colonial rule over them by stealth (and force)
Cracking video, Chris, stuffed with information, reality, rational thinking and open minded reflection. One of. your very best yet. Great stuff. Well done.
As usual, a more thorough and informative job of explaining the topic (including historical background) than anything on offer from corporate news organizations of any political persuasion. Thanks!
I never thought America cared about Africa. unless china and russia are there to get rid of colonial france
The removal of Ghadaffi is a major factor behind all these coups that doeesnt get discussed enough. The very weapons that belonged to his regime ended up in the hands of terrorists across West Africa.
And funny thing Gaddafi wasn't even rulling libya, not was head of libya.
He was just someone who was head of the party not government, and just was respected guy whom the government listen to if he speaks.
Watch Gaddafi goverment position during the last decade before his murder
What can America and France do to prevent coups in Africa? I think you have done enough on the continent already. If you haven't noticed France isn't exactly popular in Africa at the moment. Neither is America and for good reasons
Because we stopped the epidemic of AIDS or Ebola ?
@@andrewalderman9489Because you keep taking these peoples resources and don’t allow them to develop and prosper.
@@tetraxis3011 Yet, you seem to forget that it's been the US that have bailed you out when things got bad, not Russia.
@@andrewalderman9489 You might want to research the confessions of a former white South African intelligence official who revealed that the apartheid government intentionally infected Blacks with HIV. Then research the African academics involved in Ebola research. You are very misinformed
@@andrewalderman9489are we talking about the same Russia that wrote off billions of African debt?
Honestly I'm glad Nigeria or ECOWAS didn't do any thing drastic.
It would have collapsed Tinubu's regime. We have enough problems at home so starting an unpopular war is suicide
🤔🤔 You need to do a lot more research when it comes subjects that involves Africa, Africans, and their ways in solving some of their current issues with regards to sovereignty.
He has done and always does good research
@@danielstrom3253 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Libya was a bustling economy, where people had free education, free health care, free housing - and where their President, Muammar Gaddafi, a visionary, wanted to help Africa out of western dependence and neo-colonial oppression, making Africa a sovereign Continent, with a sovereign monetary system, detached from the Bank of France and the Bank of England, controlling its own resources and its own monetary Resources.
Gaddafi was NOT a human rights abuser, as the west and western media conveniently painted him. To the contrary, Gaddafi was a leader for the people of Libya and for Africa. He wanted Africa to be free. That was his sin. The real abusers, mostly France, the UK and the United States, couldn’t allow the Resources richest Continent or the planet be independent. The west coveted these resources.
So, they launched a NATO attack under false pretenses, on Libya and Gaddafi - and killed the one that could have liberated Africa from the fangs of western exploitation.
Today, Libya is a sad chaotic tribal state that can hardly be called a country. It has become a slave trading place under the watch of western powers.
Yes, you are right about Libya. U.S. and NATO turned it into a failed state. Now they pretend it never happened.
I understand the problems with mass migration but it baffles me how these European countries colonize these places and then are surprised when people migrate once they’re destabilized by the west
Migrants seek Europe prosperity, stability, peoples right. It has nothing to do with past.
Yes!
That doesnt really make sense though? Theres nothing they can do other than take responsibility and destroy the Terrorists and criminals causing the migrations though.
@magma2680 the West is the torrerist
Destabilized? How?
It was never stable.. and why do you call france "the west"?
Does AFCON command have compulsory coup chapter in their curriculum? All the officers graduate and then lead a coup after getting back
Chris Cappy. The Walter Cronkite of our generation.
Thanks so much for emphasizing how important it is for people to understand a country's history in regards to why they coup or who they align with. A lot for times we will look through our American oil covered glasses rather than see things for what they are.
You are hilarious but yet informative. Love watching your videos. Learn a little something with humor and fact. Keep up the good work, I'll keep on watching!
YOU PALES ARE SO SCARED AN I LOVE IT .....BYE BYE DOG SMELLING MUTA
Great video as per usual thank you!!
I just wrote a really long comment that errored out when posting.... TLDR, love your videos, I'm a defense contractor and your videos have actually been the source of multiple ideas that have improved the ability of American soldiers to do their jobs. Please keep up the excellent work!
Video Idea/Recommendation:
How would all the many flashpoints around the world fair should the US and china enter direct conflict around Taiwan? The way I see it, all those flashpoints (Ukraine, Kosovo, Iran, North Korea, Israel, Niger, and many other unstable nations) would ignite should a US-China war breakout. It will keep the US distracted and focused on China, and be too big of an opportunity for those instigator nations to pass up.
I cannot see a scenario where that US-China conflict does not plunge the world into a true World War. Do you agree? Do you think the US and it's allies can hold back all of those conflicts at once?
Honestly I'm not so sure.... Would love to hear your thoughts.
An all out War with China would mean no more mister nice guy. France would take Niger out in a week while Israel would do pretty much everything outside of using nukes to defend themself.
I can see a scenario. China goes to war with the United States, and invades Taiwan first. Taiwan gives China a bloody nose, the US retaliates with nearly all of East Asia supporting it for a chance to finally end China's Pacific Aggression, and land stealing; China implodes from factions trying to seize power in revenge for Xi Xinping's purges, while the entire thing spirals out of control, leaving China facing the same fate as Germany.
You think Korea, India, Russia, and others wouldn't jump at the chance to "stabilize" their borders with China, and North Korea? This either ends in China being balkanized, or China nuking all its neighbors, which further drags more nations into invading China until China's final destination is like Nazi Germany's... total eradication.
The world economy is suffering. Every Western Nation on Earth is hoping for a World War to help stabilize their economies.
However, another plausible scenario, China's pathological lies about their economy finally catches up, and it implodes, forcing China to crack down on dissent, which forces it into a massive civil war.
Keep in mind, it was RUSSIA that used to be thought of as "the world's 2nd strongest military". China is even worse when it comes to lying about their capabilities. It would be a bloody war for sure, but probably not a long one.
No they are low on ammo from the Ukrainian conflict already. Further conflicts will just be to sell weapons. Lives will be lost simply for war pigs to get richer.
The US has shown everyone on multiple occasions that to spite being “the worlds best military” it fails in practical application.
China would absolutely dominate the U.S. with a home field advantage and if world war broke out and everyone chose a side the US would have to contend with not only China and Russia but most of Africa and South America.
Europe is in a recession and a world war would not go well for them.
Not to mention China owns most manufacturing so anything you want built for the war you wouldn’t get it from them.
For content It takes the US 1 month to make the bullets that Ukraine uses in 3 days.
Israel is not an instigator nation; the outsiders falsely claiming to be "palistinians" are however and Iran is a strong backer of these terror groups thus and Iran conflict with Israel will likely start but Israel is the US best allie and even if we deep in a fight with China we could still inflict severe devastation on Iran and ppl it backs... per ukr we should be bombing them not supporting them thus if the war ended and US was in a fight with China we would not support corrupt ukr if they start another fight... nk can't do anything as any attack on sk would be too damaging for both nations... our support for the French per relations would be as it is now, minimal for Niger... per history I could definitely see Kosovo and other nations in that region trying to settle grudges of the past... if the US does offer support to any nation it would be late in the game as usual but it would still be extremely risky for any nation to start crap think we are tied up