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Africa Subsaharan
Africa's Forever Wars
2010-04-23
Why the continent's conflicts never end.

BY JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

Great (and very long) piece in Foreign Policy. Very much worth the read.
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#9  Carnage is the usual state of human affairs. Heinlein would agree. Posted by: Steve White

A statement I might add, that is fully supported by both scripture, personal observation, and recorded history. My thanks to the good doctor.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-23 12:18  

#8  Really? Somehow I think you started reading this article with that conclusion. In fact, I think you don't require any evidence for that "conclusion". Rob

Your are entirely correct. But I am not alone. Additional conclusive "evidence" is no longer required for the British, the Germans, the French, the Belgium's, the Israelis, or the Portugese.

These people have proven time and time again that western civilization is NOT welcome there. Why we cannot learn from history is beyond me.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-23 12:13  

#7  Aagh. I hate it when I do a duplicate, after all the lectures I give. My apologies.

To Besoeker: I read this as a warning. Carnage is the usual state of human affairs. Heinlein would agree.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-04-23 12:05  

#6  3/29/10. But it was good as I remember.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-04-23 11:51  

#5  Didn't we have this a coupla weeks ago?
Posted by: tu3031   2010-04-23 11:46  

#4  content instead to steal other people's children, stick Kalashnikovs or axes in their hands, and make them do the killing

Why does it sounds familiar?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-04-23 11:40  

#3  The take-away here is.... stay out of Africa!

Really? Somehow I think you started reading this article with that conclusion. In fact, I think you don't require any evidence for that "conclusion".

The reality is, this is the natural state EVERYWHERE. Africa has the misfortune of being the first continent to be allowed to slide back out of civilization. It will happen again elsewhere. Hell, it's already happening in pockets of Europe and the USA, and Mexico is well on its way.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2010-04-23 11:36  

#2  Concur. Africa is garbage.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2010-04-23 11:24  

#1  Happy to see this finally get posted. The take-away here is.... stay out of Africa! Of course this is Barry Soetoro's Barak Obama's (sorry, Chamaeleonidae Afri-name applies here) long awaited frontier, so we're in the kak clandestinely already, under the guise of World Cup Anti-Terrorism assistance of course.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-23 11:20  

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