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    Pure bunkum! We should be supporting any coup that wants to kick France out of Africa. Archived Message

    Posted by Der on September 3, 2023, 10:06 am, in reply to "MoA: France Can Only Be An Independent Power If It Learns To Push Back"

    Also, the article doesn't supply a shred of evidence that the Pentagon drives these coups in order that the USA can replace France in Africa.

    I don't doubt that the US would dearly love to replace France but where's the evidence that that has inspired these coups?

    The fact that some of the coup leaders received training in the US proves absolutely nothing.

    "Thanks for the training. Thanks for the arms. Now get the feck out of my country".

    Rather reminiscent of when Irish soldiers returned to Ireland from The Great War having fought as part of the British Army and proceeded to fight against Britain in the Irish War of Independence.

    Incidentally, it doesn't do to lump all these coups together. Gabon's coup may simply be a ploy to prevent a coup. The new interim leader, Oligui, was guilty of abuses while very much part of the old Presidential guard. Here's Thomas Deltombe,

    "I think there’s a difference between the coup in Gabon and the coup in the Sahel, because the coup leaders in Gabon do not seem to want to exploit the so-called anti-French sentiment. They were insiders in the Bongo system. Apparently, General Oligui Nguema [new interim leader] quite worked with both Omar Bongo and Ali Bongo and benefited financially from his position. One hypothesis is that they knew that the election that took place last Saturday made them — put them in a great danger, and they wanted to intervene before the people, before a popular revolt, to be able to save what could be saved. .. I think it is possible that they want to keep a part of the system to continue to enjoy it." (From Democracy Now transcript, below).

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