1) I also hate Bush. It's disgusting when such a stupid man thinks that only he can solve all problems of the world, and there are so many people who support him without any critics. And if it's not enough, the most disgusting is when this person treat us as little children. ("I'm a good guy who'll defeat the enemies of democracy"... etc.)
2) I agree with JTK, nobody has the right to kill another person, even if this person is a mass murderer like Saddam. Btw, I think death is not heavier punishment than a long-long suffer in prison, whilst the criminal can consider a thousand times what he has done...
3) Well, there is no oil in most African countries (except a few ones like Nigeria). But they have other important mineral resources like copper, gold or diamond, and I think most of these African leaders are financially supported by companies interested in this business. Independent governments (whether millitary or democratic) would immediately impose higher taxes and stronger restrictions on these companies. And why don't copper (gold, silver, uranium, etc.) producing countries develop an organization like OPEC, for controlling the prices of world market and becoming rich like Saudi Arabia or Qatar? The most probable solution is that African (and some South American) governments are puppets of multinational firms... My opinion is not too popular, but I think that it was a serious fault of European countries when they suddenly gave independence to their African colonies in the second half of 20th century. They could know that borders of these countries are totally different from the boundaries between nations, they could know that possible talented leaders were very rare in Africa (because of the poor education), so permanent wars were coded into the new system. It was good for nobody except some Western firms who got extremely cheap human power and extremely advantageous tax systems from the "independent" governments...
4) Sorry, I'm not French.
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