AFRICA – BLAMING OTHERS AGAIN
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The king of Swaziland, during his 40th birthday bash, told his subjects “we need people who take their responsibilities seriously” - good advice, really. Only problem is, the good king failed to show this by example. Officially, poor Swaziland spent $2.5M (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/06/Swaziland.ap/index.html) to celebrate his 40th birthday. Unofficial estimates go over $12M. According to the king, this is not personal but a celebration of “nationhood” -- where yet again a nation is equated to one person.
Mugabe was among the invited guests and commanded the “loudest cheers” from the crowd because, apparently, he “stands up” to the West. How is it that you run a country to the ground, conduct yourself in the most irresponsible ways imaginable and somehow this is interpreted as a virtue? The king himself made references to “a world full of prejudice”. That explains it perfectly – Mugabe “stands up to the West” by destroying his country and “prejudice” is making the king squander the nations' meagre resources to enrich "the West". Eight of his 13 wives went luxury shopping in Dubai for the occasion while the country wallows in poverty. Oh dear God, please save Africa.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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