[citation][nom]juiceman[/nom]Why does Africa continue to be poor? And who should "bring Africa (yes, the entire continent) out of poverty?" Are they a country/continenent of 8 and 9 year olds? Why won't they get their 'crap' together and create a state of laws and justice? Who should do that for them? Don't just sit there and talk about eradicating poverty in a country whose people are so base, violent and ignorant, that they'd cut you down if you did indeed try to help them. It's too sad frankly, but it's probably best to let the chips fall where they may, until someone from among them can offer some visionary leadership.No doubt, global politics is a nasty affair, with a lot of cloak and dagger stuff, and outright violence, but Africa is anything but poor, just base and ignorant. They must lift themselves out of that and take their place among the rest of the civilized world, or ... suffer at the hands of whomever.[/citation]
You know that will never happen. Such things would lead to conflicts that would be stamped out by the "world police" before anything meaningful arises from it. They could really use someone to go about conquering the African continent, for better or worse.