Rory, no it’s a long way to Tipperary.

France and the EU invade Libya to oust Gadaffi at beset of US after he announces future African gold currency standard. Al Quida groups establish themselves in Libya. Al Quida groups invade Mali. France invades Mali.

Maybe the esprit de corps of The Leigon is slipping and they need a break from square bashing.

B Lowe, why don’t you tell the French about zero point energy? Then they would not need the uranium.

But the mines that France source their uranium from are in Niger and not Mali. And if supply was somehow restricted they could easily source it from Australia and Canada who are friendly countries and among the top producers in the world. Not everything is a conspiracy theory!

And also consider that buying it from Australia and Canada would probably work out a lot cheaper than going to war. It’s not like oil where the demand is absolutely sky high.

And whilst the current government is there as a result of a coup (which happened because of the incumbent governments refusal to face up to the growing problem of invading islamists) there is a written commitment to democratic elections at the earliest opportunity – not exactly a dictatorship as most people understand it. If you want to see a true military dictatorship look no further than your buddy Assad – when did he or his father ever commit to democratic elections during the last 40 years?

Always with a smart answer.

Very astute, Eoin. The Arabist North African governments have long feared the rise of the Berber majority and its cry for cultural and political recognition.

Berbers are a minority, not a majority.

You can read more on the links between the Islamists in Mali, Algerian intelligence services and the Pentagon in this article:

http://newint.org/features/2012/12/01/us-terrorism-sahara/

Petr, Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa, Arabs are a minority and Arabised Berbers are the majority. In Mali they are a minority amongst the Songhai blacks.

What a vile comment, Abby.

Very Good Point Abby.

In fairness Botswana has been a very stable parliamentary democracy since its independence.

That’s true. In fact Botswana only formed a military in the 70s in direct response to SA soldiers constantly violating their territory!

Abby, it was that attitude that made Africa unstable. It was also the excuse used for slavery, dictatorships and juntas.
Africa has been abused, raped and pillaged by the western powers, more so then any other continent.
And because it did so poorly, it was colonised and indoctrinated by christian missions; forcing them to accept western law, western drawn borders, western political systems, western philosophy and religion.
Guess what: it didn’t work and still doesn’t work.

Abby, why don’t you look back at your comments earlier on Israel? You contradict yourself. Also go buy yourself a dictionary and learn to spell.

Well that sounded extremely racis Abby. Oh wait, that’s because it is an extremely racist thing to say. It’s 2013 for Christ sake.

racist *

Abby, remember your words here. Some day you will come to regret saying such things. You have some growing up to do.

@Abby:
Like a simple minded territorial tribal monkey you are. Go eat a banana in your racially exclusive tree.

Whilst Abby could have made her point a bit better, she is absolutely right that rural South Africa is one of the most dangerous places in the world for a white person to live.
Its not well publicised but if you research it you will see for yourself. There have been literally thousands of racially motivated murders of white people.
Unfortunately anti-white racism doesn’t take the form of name-calling and discrimination, it takes place generally with the blade of a machete or with petrol and matches.

Mattoid, perhaps you should look into the living conditions of black farm workers and compare those to the white farmers. Apartheid is alive and well n those areas.

@mattoid, There’s a lot of anti-white racism in Africa right now, violent too. I hate that sh!t. It just feels like Abby is a supporter of the polar opposite, pro-white racism, judging by her comments.

@Mark
I wouldn’t doubt that, but whats your point? Do you think that justifies a white farmer being hacked to pieces in his bed, or his wife being murdered by having a broken bottle thrust into her vagina?

There is a white genocide going on there that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world (and which is actively encouraged by certain extremist black politicians).

Mattoid; you really have a flair for the dramatic, don’t you? Violence is never good and doesn’t solve anything. That said, as the white farmers refuse to do anything to assist their black workers, do nothing to share their wealth, it is hard to feel sorry for hem.
As long as they keep holding on to the riches they’ve earned over he backs of others and prefer to build higher walls to separate them, rather then decent housing and facilities for their workers I think I know where I’ll put the blame.
And a genocide? More black people die than white farmers by the violence you describe because of illness and malnutrition!

Flair for the dramatic??
No Mark, just a dose of cold hard reality. Sorry if you don’t like it but that is what is actually happening on the ground.
Please try and bring yourself up to speed on this subject – you could do worse than googling “white genocide south africa” for starters.
I’m not here to defend white farmers, apportion blame or condone the way black labourers have been / are being treated, I’m just pointing out the facts of what is happening there each and every day.

Just because I draw a different conclusion doesn’t mean I’m not aware of the facts.
As I said, it’s hard to feel sorry for a group that systematically abuses another to gain more wealth without wanting to improve the circumstances of their labourers. At present wealth is still predominantly in the ands of the whites and they have no intention to share any of it. And in areas of great inequality, criminality soars.
Next to this, black people are equally victims of the same crimes, it’s hardly a race thing. I don’t hear you about that despite you apparently being all so knowledgeable, how come?

I wasn’t aware that I had drawn any conclusions, other than that rural South Africa is an extremely dangerous place for a white person to live.

Yawn

Stay with it Mark – you can do it if you concentrate hard enough…

Pls mind the way you talk must of this peaple they are not real muslim they are just spoiling the image of islam.

Sorry to bust your bubble, Ibraheem, but muhammad was a warmonger, who slaughtered, looted, raped and tortured his way across the middl-east.
One of his most disgusting acts was to have full sexual intercourse with a little 9yo. girl, when he was 54yo.
muhammad was a very bad man, & his koran and hadiths are filled with revenge, hatred, & violence.
Everybody is finally waking up to these facts.
The death of islam may be just around the corner…