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2006-05-14 Africa Subsaharan

Oxfam says rich states neglect Congo crisis

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Congo you say? Better hit up France and Belgium. Not the UK and US

Posted by SPoD 2006-05-14 00:27|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-14 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Doesn't the head of Oxfam pull in 7 figures a year?

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-05-14 02:49|| 2006-05-14 02:49|| Front Page Top

#3 throw money at the problem and surely it will go away.

Posted by 2b 2006-05-14 06:47|| 2006-05-14 06:47|| Front Page Top

#4 If it happens nearly every year, it is not a crisis. It is normal.

Posted by Elmemble Hupamp7763 2006-05-14 10:37|| 2006-05-14 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 The Congo was simply not ready for independence.

Granted the Belgians did a terrible job and needed to be gone from there years before. Some sort of trusteeship under the UK may have worked, with independence granted after a generation of leaders were nurtured.

At independence, there were no native officers in the army. There were only thirty native people with a university education, this in a country the size of western europe.

Contrast that with British colonies...

Posted by john 2006-05-14 11:03|| 2006-05-14 11:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Anyone old enough to remember the African freedom movements from Jomo Kenyatta and his Mau Maus on should not be surprised. During the height of the liberation movements, a breathless BBC reporter asked a "freedom fighter" what Uhuru (Freedom) meant to him. He said, it means we take the white man's houses, his land, his factories, and his women. The subsequent free African government suffered from unrealistic expectations, no understanding of economics, and most importantly, no respect for the law. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Pricks that make up organizations like Oxfam are almost self-parodies. They are by and large useless people dedicated to proving their moral superiority by trying to shame productive people into giving them money so they can take up the white man's burden.

Posted by RWV 2006-05-14 12:09|| 2006-05-14 12:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Ask the Arabs - they've got plenty of ~~our~~ money.

We're busy.

And sick of throwing our money down a rat hole.

Here's an idea, Oxfam - give them your personal money and possessions. I'm sure they'd be suitably grateful.

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