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2010-02-04 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "We must say 'never again' to conflict and war in Africa," said Mutharika
Without conflict and war, pretty much all you have left is Lesotho.

"We must declare war on unconstitutional changes of government"
Back to war already? That didn't take long.

Posted by SteveS 2010-02-04 01:43|| 2010-02-04 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 That reminds me of a story about a frog and a scorpion . . . .

Posted by gorb 2010-02-04 02:56|| 2010-02-04 02:56|| Front Page Top

#3 What's the over/under? My money is on 6 months.

Posted by Spot 2010-02-04 08:14|| 2010-02-04 08:14|| Front Page Top

#4 The AU is learning the art of meaningless declarations from the past-masters- the UN.

"We must declare war on unconstitutional changes of government on African soil..."

You and whose army?

Posted by Free Radical 2010-02-04 09:06|| 2010-02-04 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 What's the over/under? My money is on 6 months.

I'll give you ten it's under.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-02-04 14:41|| 2010-02-04 14:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Since a coup is generally the only way to remove a dictator from power and half of the nations are run by dictators anyway what are they really saying except that the union supports known dictatorships no matter how bad over unknown governments of the future.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-02-04 21:32|| 2010-02-04 21:32|| Front Page Top

#7 "African Union says never again to coups"

Until the next one....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-04 22:39|| 2010-02-04 22:39|| Front Page Top

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