Shashank Bengali: The threat of violence is ever-present in Congo. Part 1
Despite Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda’s promise to support a UN backed cease fire, fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues. Government forces battled Laurent Nkunda’s rebel army north of the provincial capital of Goma on the weekend, in a battle that has so far displaced at least 250,000 people since August. The current war is the deadliest since World War II, killing at least 5.4 million people.
Shashank Bengali is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and writes about sub-Saharan Africa. He has reported for McClatchy from more than 25 countries and covered conflicts in Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq and Georgia. Before moving to Africa in 2005, he was a roving correspondent for The Kansas City Star. Originally from the Los Angeles area, Shashank studied at the University of Southern California and at Harvard University, where he earned a Master's degree in public policy. He speaks French and broken Kiswahili.
This combined with analyst predicting we will need 2 new planets by 2030 to survive, brought my spirits even lower. Obama also skipped UN Climate talks, I'm sure it's a little over done and he probably really didn't need to be there... but that doesn't look good to anyone ready to criticize his every
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CHANGE...i think its more an acronym, than anything else with real meaning! LOL...Obama (Clinton)...Some people,(E$),say I'm a hater...but we will see, talk is cheap right? So, I hope his actions/inactions speak for themselves!
Oh, by the way...it is sad that this stuff happens. The U.S. should take your view on foreign affairs and leave all of this alone. We have no business messing with the rest of the world. Right?
Damnit, I said I wasn't going to do this but... My foreign policy is to leave them alone if we aren't helping them. So yes these people need help, but you think we'd be able to do anything at this point? It's like when a domesticated pig is out in the wild for more than 3 days (I believe), it starts to turn into a Boar. That nation is at full Wild Boar mode. Africa is so big, where would we begin, how would be begin? We have no money here; how would we start to fund things there? I don't know whats going to happen Steve, but in all, I really do appreciate your return. I rather you bash me eloquently than the others here who simply call me a ho when I get them mad. ;)
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Thank you, (I told you I was a great guy!)...still tho, like I say, "there is no such thing as a selfless act."
Why do anything if there is nothing in it for us.
Look up Liberia. We try, but the only thing we do is waste money and lives, and its pointless, because there is nothing in it for us! Would you do something for nothing?
I know about Liberia, and "not for nothing" you're right. Hopefully Obama brings some new perspective and tactics to the world as our Commander in Chief.
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