The greatest continuous theft in human history. Sixty years of continuous exploitation.
Remember folks. France holds $500 billion from 14 francophone states in its treasury every 12 months. This is the biggest continuous theft since God created planet earth. The high standard of living the French have been enjoying since the end of WW2 has been on the backs of
...impoverished African states. If you are France, will you let go without a fight?, especially when you have the strongest military in Europe, a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, ballistic missile submarines and 300 nuclear weapons. Sadly many choose to live in denial.
Sooner or later Africans will have to come to grips with this reality and make a decision. We cannot keep shifting the goal post. Africa holds the key to France's continious prosperity. This is why France has been ultra desperate to remain in Africa. Think about it folks.
I totally forgot to add to my previous thread Emmanual Macrons continuous flip floping. For months the French President threatened to pull out French troops if anti-French sentiments persists. I remember vividly well in July, an angry Macron stated categorically he will announce
.plans on the withdrawal of French troops in West Africa. In the past we would have seen francophone heads of states shuttling to Paris for talks with Macron. But this time around it was different. Mali accused France of abandonment and reached out to Russia.
The Presidents of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania heaved a sigh of relief. I wrote about this back in July. Seeing his bluff wasn't making impact Emmanual Macron announces the withdrawal of French forces will be a phased withdrawal over the course of 30 years !!!!! THIRTY !
He added the jihadi threat in the Sahel has moved south, hence France will start closing military bases in Mali by year end in a pivot towards Niger, Nigeria and Benin. To quote him verbatim

QUOTE

Our enemies have abandoned their territorial ambitions in favour of spreading
their threat not only across the Sahel, but across all of West Africa.
Unfortunately this offensive implies increased pressure on all the Gulf of Guinea countries, which is already a reality.

END QUOTE

You might think it couldnt possibly get worse than this. Think again.
Emmanual Macron then calls on his European allies to step up their participation in the Sahel as part of an international response force. Cleverly framing this as an international response operation to weasel their military assets.
Same thing happened in Libya. Lacking the military assets to go it alone Nicholas Sakorzi convinced a reluctant Obama to go along with regime change, using NATO as a clever bit of subterfuge to weasel America's logistical assets.
Same thing happened in the early stages of the Mali operation. Lacking the logistical assets to project power, Macron called on "allies" Britain, Canada and the United States for strategic airlift. And here we are in 2021 Macron calling on Europeans to "contribute their quota"
..like the African Union does not exist. Zero regard or respect for the AU. And guess what, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy and Sweden have answered Macron's calls for contributions to a counter-terrorism mission. So lets look at it. In the space of seven months
Macron threatens to withdraw French troops if anti-French sentiments persists.

Announces he will soon commence withdrawal of French forces.

Makes a Upturn, says it will be a "phased" withdrawal to take over the course of 30 years.

Announces the enemy has moved south.
..but not to worry, " international community will help secure the region". He then prevails on European allies to "contribute their quota".

One minute Macron threatens to pull out French troops. The next he is pivoting towards Nigeria, Benin and Togo, asking for more troops.
QUOTE

"We are going to reorganise ourselves in line with this need to stop this spread to the south, and it will lead to a reduction of our military footprint in the north. But in no way are we going to take over the responsibilities and sovereignty of nations in the region,
to fulfil their missions for restoring security and government services to their populations.

END QUOTE.

Why does this look familiar?

This was exactly what he said about the ECO. Macron stated that the era of France dictating monetary policy to francophone states
.is long gone. Only to "hijack" the ECO in an economic coup d'etat. Emmanual Macron proposes a very "generous" and "tempting" parallel monetary system..but will only commit to this system if Nigeria is excluded. Ghana he said have a better record of managing its finances.
This is what you call an economic coup d'etat. The classic divide and rule tactic. Nigeria is the bad guy. Too big and too powerful, it will destabilize the Eco Zone. France has a more equitable system, just say no to the Nigerians.
Our leaders cannot feign ignorance. They see all this. They know what the agenda is, yet do nothing. How can you agree to a proposed military cooperation with a country that just hijacked your monetary initiative and turned regional members against you?

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