By Abbati Bako,psc,bsis,UK, Kent-alumni
It’s no longer news that the USA is the current global political, economic and military power for the past more than seventy years after WW11.
Experts assert that the United States of America is the largest global economy with about 26% of global GDP despite the fact that they have only 4% of the global population. And again that 98% of global territorial waters are under the watch of America. Meaning that, no ship can cross both sides of the Atlantic ocean and Pacific without the knowledge of the United States of America (George Friedman, 2009).
On political power they have more say politically than any country in the world. They have a Veto Power in the United Nations. They have the largest non-state actors for the reason of political say and economic interplay/investments than any other country.
They are the only nation in the world that became a global leader and maintained the position for about 78 years compared to other former global leaders that only led the world for only 50 years each; such as the British, France, Spain and Portugal (Professor John Groom,UK, 2010).
The military might have more modern fire power such as thousands of nuclear warheads and other newly invented modern weapons than any other country of the world. They have military bases in Japan, S/Korea, Jordan and other parts of the world. They have more submarines on both sides of the Atlantic. And again more than 700,000 armies that are always combat ready as well as many war planes carriers in all global territorial waters in all Continents of the world. They have the most cosmopolitan, recent or sophisticated weapons in the history of the world.
France is one of the world’s most modern nations. They are among the G7 nations. They are the third most wealthy nation in Europe after Germany and Britain. They colonized many countries around the world especially in Africa and Latin America. They have Veto Power in the United Nations like the US, UK, China and Russia. They have modern weapons and political say like any other influential country in the world. Also, they are among the G7 nations in the world or global top 10 economic nations.
They have military might and bases especially in the African Continent. France is one of the world’s historic countries.
Why does the US and France want to have a military base in Nigeria and for what purpose?
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