Thursday - March 24, 2005

Africa…Dictators…Corruption (Once More)

Thanks to a comment by Vox Day I found this article by Nicolas Kristof in the NY Times. (registration may be required)

Yesterday I had an entry titled: Another From The “Who’s Surprised?” Dept.

In it I made a comment:

some people are MEANT to be forever subjugated to the rule and authority of others.  After all, what’s the difference if your “owner” is black or white.  You’re STILL a slave!

Here’s what came out of Kristof’s piece:

Many, many ordinary black Zimbabweans wish that they could get back the white racist government that oppressed them in the 1970’s.

“If we had the chance to go back to white rule, we’d do it,”

“Life was easier then, and at least you could get food and a job.”

“I want the white man’s government to come back. ... Even if whites were oppressing us, we could get jobs and things were cheap compared to today.”

Mugombo Mudenda, remembered that as a younger woman she used to eat meat, drink tea, use sugar and buy soap. But now she cannot even afford corn gruel. “I miss the days of white rule,” she said.

Here’s how he ends it:

When a white racist government was oppressing Zimbabwe, the international community united to demand change. These days, a black racist government is harming the people of Zimbabwe more than ever, and the international community is letting Mr. Mugabe get away with it. Our hypocrisy is costing hundreds of Zimbabwean lives every day.

Of course, the liberal mantra comes through as it always does: we have to do something.  Yet you will also notice that the “something” we have to do is never expounded upon.  You almost get the impression he’d want us to use our military’s force.  But no way, Jose!!  Especially not after what we know now and what the media did when we went in to liberate Iraq, depose Hussein, and stop the proliferation of WMDs and terrorism. 

What’s happening in Africa is being done by Africans to Africans.  They demanded freedom.  They got it.  We tried saying they weren’t prepared for it but they insisted--- as did the international community.

So they are now “free” to do what they want.

And what do they do?  Starve their people, steal their lands, deny education, fail to provide health services --- the list goes on and on.  When the international community bands together to ship in food and other aid, no infrastructure exists within those countries to move the product.  It rots at the ports or harbors.  If infrastructure does exist it is under the control of the petty despots and dictators in charge of the country and they steal it all only to sell (at prices the average man can not afford) what they don’t keep for themselves. 

We should keep our noses out of this and just wait for it to sort itself out.  Then...........................move in and take it all over using a blueprint loved by the liberal left---not interfere with indigenous lifestyles (meaning they can continue to kill one another); take away all their guns so they use only bows, arrows, slings and clubs; refrain from pushing our lifestyle on them (no TV, no electricity, no sewers, etc.)

And while they live in their mud huts dressed in loin clothes with National Geographic photographers once more taking pictures of nekkid natives, we mine the shit out of the place....of course, we’d restore it to its pristine original beauty afterwards!!

Who’s with me?

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 03/24/2005 at 08:29 AM   
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