Why is African violence ignored?

New York Daily News ^ | 4-10-2003 | Stanley Crouch

[KingKongCobra]

I'll tell you why Africa is ignored (but I'll bet you already know).

There is NO vital interest there for the USA. We have no business there.

If the UN weren't a bunch of commie/socialist/dictator loving wimps, this would be what they were created for. But alas, they are a worthless organization.

There you have it -
1) not our job
2) can't be done by the people whose job it is

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[KeyWest]

Since April 1, 2003

Welcome to FR.

Total BS. Nice try.

[TAIPAN22001]

Agreed. Only a naive fool wearing rose colored glasses, or in other words, a liberal, would insist that we're all the same and there are no cultural differences.

[Anamensis]

Most of African has fallen under the rule of Marxists. THAT, in my humble opinion, is why those who usually yell loudest about human rights, aren't making much noise. They don't care what socialist Ba-athists do to their own people, they don't care what Kim Jong Il does to his people, they don't care what Castro does to his people, they don't care what happens in China, South America, the Maghreb.... it's all overshadowed completely by the "atrocities" in Israel, dontchaknow.

[bert]

Mainly, nobody cares.

Why bother?

[Lost Highway]

You are dead on. Especially with no 3. Can you imagine the reaction from the left if we did in Africa what we are doing in Iraq? Make no mistake, the only solution is the "aggressive use of force".

[happygrl]

Are you referring to the lack of financial interest the US has in these areas ? My own take, sadly, is that it is because these are not people of "European" heritage.

To their credit, the only sector which has been interested in these stories are the Christians in this country.

[Anamensis]

It must be nice to have a simple, stupid theory of how the world works.

Oh my, I didn't realize I was addressing the morally and intellectually enlightened and illuminated. Pardon me for not recognizing you, milord. So what's your complex, subtle, nuanced and sophisticated theory? "They don't care cause they're racist" or "They don't care cause there's no oil there?" And of course, you'll explain just how either of those slogans are more sophisticated than "liberals ignore marxist atrocities because they are marxist."

[Anamensis]

By the way, have you ever gone to the Wall Street Journal and searched for... oh, say... "Mugabe"? Why don't you run do that real quick and then come back and tell me all about how the Wall Street Journal doesn't care about violence and misery in Africa? No, of course you won't.

[ninenot]

Your cynicism is overtaking your judgment.

We ignore the African problem because we have NO NATIONAL INTERESTS at stake: unlike Saddam, no African country finances terrorism against us, nor trains terrorists to work against us, nor is producing C-B-R weapons for use against us, or anyone else.

Thus, the African problems are quite properly the province of the United Nations, whose task is to render humanitarian assistance and, if necessary, military force to implement justice.

Complain to Kofi Annan

[ninenot]

Actually, there are some oil reserves in Africa in which US Companies have interests. Africa also supplies a number of other valuable minerals and substances.

Iraq has a LOT more oil, but...

The question is not so much money as it is the other interests. The USA just does NOT have justification for shooting people (and getting shot at) over there.

It's not really too satisfying, but it is the answer.

[ninenot]

And the reason is simple. Racism

Horsehockey.

In the case of the USA, the reason is National Interest. We have NO National Interests in the affected areas of Africa.

The RACIST here is Kofi Annan, who ignores the UN's mandate to assist in civil-order maintenance as required.

[ninenot]

the pig Francois Mitterrand replied, "in a country like Rwanda, a genocide is not that important."

Here's your RACIST.

[Fraulein]

(3) The only effective solution in most of those places involves shooting a few thousand black folks. Which no Republican administration would dare to do. And the Democrats aren't interested in military power projection

Bingo!

[ninenot]

Bingo. Complete and Perfect Answer.

Of course, nobody will belive it...

[jayadams]

Africa had no chance once the colonial powers were "invited" to leave - anybody ever seen Kinshasa, Lusaka, or Kampala? It is a disgrace what these cities once were and now they are deteriorating while the natives run the show.

[Under the Radar]

So, crossing an imaginary line on a map would solve all the problems, eh?

[RJayneJ]

No impression. Just making a comment and you seemed handy. };^D )