'Imperialists' steal Africa's wealth, cause wars

Windhoek, Namibia

Namibian President Sam Nujoma on Monday lashed out against "imperialists" who he said either steal Africa's wealth or engineer wars to prevent the continent from benefiting from its riches.

"Nobody will bring peace to Africa if we don't do it ourselves. Africa must stop living on handouts of imperialist countries," Nujoma told the opening of a parliamentary forum in the Namibian capital.

"Africa has more riches than Europe and America together," he said at the forum of the 13-nation South African Development Community (SADC).

"The imperialists take our resources or make us fight against each other," Nujoma added.

He singled out as an example the Democratic Republic of Congo where fighting reignited over the weekend and criticised members of the forum for not speaking out against the violence there.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=67172

Careful Nujoma, telling the truth gets you Wellstone-Carnahan-Kelly-Leahy-Dashle-Baxterized.

Probably "marxist" or "anti-American" too.

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Pat Robertson into his country and everyone accepts Jesus has their savior, things will get even better.

:sarcasm off:

go to just a few as our leaders do.

Little people need to wake up to the word - imperialism - it has resurrected itself, by the U.S. of America, of all countries. Your tax dollars are going to a plan to rule the world for the benefit a few in this country, the Queen, and some in Canada and Australia. And not to exclude Rev Moon.

Pat Robertson got into the act, too.

And Bush said he thought Africans would make good soldiers for maintaining peace in Africa and/or the world.

He and his think tankers think we should 'soldierize' them.

Only slightly expendable, I guess. Unless in the goodness of theirs hearts they think these people deserve to make a minimum wage and get three healthy MRAs a day.

:kick:

for many a year now....starting with the people! :grr:

Speaking of Cecil Rhodes:-

I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when the time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.

"... many of these African nations inhabit fertile countries, are industrious farmers, enjoy plenty, and lived quietly, averse to war, before the Europeans debauched them with liquors, and bribing them against one another; and that these inoffensive people are brought into slavery, by stealing them, tempting Kings to sell subjects, which they can have no right to do, and hiring one tribe to war against another, in order to catch prisoners."

Thomas Paine,
March 8, 1775
Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser

http://www.thomaspaine.org/Archives/afri.html