r g. l m. v guide. welcome back to crossfire.all things considered i'm peter a little to remind you we're talking about africa and the major powers. ok i'd like to go back to paris manual why does france have to be so involved in africa i thought colonialism was over well well it is absolutely well it doesn't look that way it doesn't look the way it looks like a neo colonial project is that head is that is that because we intervene when we were asked to do so it was the first time that we were doing that so i think it's a it's a rupture well you know you can say that sounds like it looks like moral hazard to me ok just call the french they'll take care of it. well just call the french because we're the only ones who have bases there it's base it's a it's broadly the the answer i will give to you is that we have force that are disposed to intervene because we are present throughout. mission in those we have a thousand four hundred soldiers now in charge and we are present in central africa again history is something you have to ta