Nigeria, Nov. 6 -- The article, "Hypocrisy as Policy," by Global Geopolitics is a good reaction to Trump's insane, but self-serving, threat to invade Nigeria under the pretext of stopping a so-called Christian genocide in that country. However, his insanity may not be without material foundations.

As the Global Geopolitics article notes, Nigeria is located within a resource-rich region that is highly important to the supply chains of US hi tech companies and defence industries. That region stretches from Nigeria through Niger and Chad to Sudan and is endowed with vast amounts of uranium, lithium, cobalt, and rare earths.

Apart from oil, the vast reserves of resources mentioned above, are embedded in solid rock and heavy mineral sands in...