Why didn’t France, when for years they had a chance, pay alot more to African nations for the mining of uranium and other things, instead of paying chump change and reselling the uranium they didn’t need, for vastly more? Why did they hinder refining of various things in these countries instead of buying refined goods and fostering better relationships?
Why did they need military bases in these countries? Why are they now getting mad at coups in African countries their bases are in when the west, either acting in concert with them or on their behalf, engaged in coups in African nations?
So why are neocon cheapskates here at FR getting mad, agitated, or upset at BRICS?
50,000 Americans died in Indochina because we allowed France to keep her colonies there after WWII.