Gaddafi annexes Chad , Impact on Francafrique

Archibald

Banned
Lybia had boatload of weapons, from USSR and France (I know about the absurdity...) Gaddafi really, badly wanted to be a giant PITA for both Reagan and Mitterrand.
He knew all too well none of the two wanted a full-blown war, so Muhammar was more than happy being a murderous nuisance.

Somebody should write a TL where Gaddafi gamble backfires, and he gets his arse kicked by America (invading from the Mediterranean) and by France (from Chad). Bonus point if Italy joins the party.
The air war would be fun, if not brief.
 
Lybia had boatload of weapons, from USSR and France (I know about the absurdity...) Gaddafi really, badly wanted to be a giant PITA for both Reagan and Mitterrand.
He knew all too well none of the two wanted a full-blown war, so Muhammar was more than happy being a murderous nuisance.

Somebody should write a TL where Gaddafi gamble backfires, and he gets his arse kicked by America (invading from the Mediterranean) and by France (from Chad). Bonus point if Italy joins the party.
The air war would be fun, if not brief.

It would be an even more one sided Desert Storm
 

Archibald

Banned
Former colonies, as you said. Because the country has little natural resources. Two companies: Total and Areva. Total mine the Gulf of Guinea for oil. Areva mines uranium in Niger and Nigeria. But you can do that only with some kind of "political stability". La Françafrique ensured that, through corruption.

All those diesel cars need oil, all those 58 nuclear reactors needs uranium.
 
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