The Obama regime must be held responsible for a series of failed or
nearly failed states on the African continent. Recently Burundi has
been in the news but it could just as easily be Nigeria, Mali or the
Central African Republic. Whether the calamities that have befallen
these neocolonialist constructions have been intentional or not, the
ruination and depredations inflicted on large swaths of Africa amount
to what can only be described as a failed state policy.
While Libya, and before that Somalia, are overt examples of the
western implementation of the failed state policy in Africa an honest
appraisal of what has happened in South Sudan can only add it to this
list. It has been almost a year and a half since the civil war broke
out there and not one western “expert” has tried to explain where the
so called “rebels” led by Reik Machar are getting the funds needed to
pay for the salaries of their fighters let alone the fuel, ammunition
and other expenses maintaining such a large conflagration requires.
Of course, the only winner so far has been the USA which has succeed
in protecting its national interests by once again having the Chinese
expelled from the only African oil fields they control.
Many of the other neocolonialist entities created by the western
colonialists upon their retreat from direct rule in Africa have done
so little for their people that in reality they could be described as
failed states.
What else can you call a country where the population lives in such
abject poverty that a major part of the society lacks such basic human
rights as clean drinking water, adequate food and shelter let alone
education or health care.
The entire country of Liberia lacks electricity and running water.
Kenya, often touted as one of Africa’s success stories, provides
electricity to only 26% of its people and running water to even fewer.
If one compares the lives of the people of Cuba, who have suffered
under onerous sanctions by the USA since their liberation to the lives
of almost all Africans the differences are stark, and appalling.
“Crisis Management” is what Pax Americana has implemented in Africa
for decades past, as in create a crisis and then manage the ensuing
chaos to better loot and plunder more of Africa’s wealth.
The failed state policy comes into play when the pressure the USA
applies directly, or through its proxies, can cause prosperous, let
alone already failing societies to begin to disintegrate filling our
screens with ever more scenes of death and destruction.
When it comes to the number and magnitude of the crimes committed in
Africa under Obama one looks back on the much less dangerous days of
the idiots of the Bush Jr. regime. The list of failed, or nearly so,
states in Africa under the rule of “Barry O’Bomber”, BHO’s nickname
during his formative teenage years, has taken a great leap forward.
A nightmare scenario is another Clinton seems next to succeed to the
throne and the thought of the rabidly vindictive Hillary wreaking
havoc in Africa as Commander in Chief does not make for a pleasant
nights sleep.
Thomas C. Mountain has been living and writing from Eritrea since
2006. He can be reached at thomascmountain at g_ mail_ dot _com
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