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Flowing-Ice 
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 Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:40pm |
americans, can kind of make a difference. it is easier to believe that you can't do anything i guess.
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:41pm |
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You have to toe a fine line if you're talking a out long term sustainability without much tinkering .
You don't want to take away their culture and basically invade their territory even if with the best intent that could lead to assimilation
But just giving aid and walking away leads to corruption.
But really who helps anyone without gain for themselves when it comes to foreign policy?
Idk
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:42pm |
We absolutely can But the first step is being informed
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americans, can kind of make a difference.it is easier to believe that you can't do anything i guess.
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:43pm |
Alias_Avi wrote:
Yes, we know
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TH? Seriously my post was more in response to purp . You can tell that by the first line of that respone. Don't know why you got offended and at the point right here I no longer care. Good thread
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:43pm |
It is what it is. I'm just glad it ain't me.
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:43pm |
FarraFace wrote:
As rich in natural resources as the African continent is......
But y'all need to make up y'alls minds about the kind of involvement y'all want the US to have in african affairs.
If money is sent, it is embezzled by corrupt government officials and ends up in private hands or foreign banks.
If military action is engaged, y'all bytch and moan about invasions and collateral damage. Talmbout how evil US soldiers are.
So what does that leave? Flying over dropping money out of planes? Facebook pokes?
Lemme hear some well thought out plans that don't involve what the US did then, but rather what you think the US should do NOW. TIA!
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IA with alllllllllllllll of this!
Folks want help, but do they know what kind of help they want? How about some constructive ideas on what we can do with our time/money/efforts?
Or is this just another "I hate Obama" thread?
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:45pm |
Alias_Avi wrote:
We absolutely can
But the first step is being informed
Flowing-Ice wrote:
americans, can kind of make a difference.it is easier to believe that you can't do anything i guess.
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yeah totally. but most learn this stuff to have conversations in classrooms or expose others to be viewed as enlightened and above the usual american mindset.
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:47pm |
Our President is a piece of crap. We held elections last year and he cheated. He knew that the elections were going to be contested, so he sent the magistrates on a vacation 9 a magistrates' kid told me this).
There are people who we would like to actually elect and move our country forward. That's why it pains me so much, when people here talk about not wanting to vote. I grew up in the DRC under Mobutu, I marched in protests, my school was looted and destroyed, I watched soldier rebels and went to bed listening to the sound of gunshots. I still remember my mother waking us up in the middle of the night and huddling in the hallway for fear of stray bullets.
The Congolese want peace and prosperity, we just don't sit back and wait for The West to save us. We marched and protested against Mobutu, we also tried to vote out Kabila, but it seems that democracy might not be the answer for the DRC. Forgive me for rambling and the grammatical errors, but this is all very upsetting.
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:47pm |
Some of yall are so dramatic... no one insinuated hatred for Obama Damn... according to some Black folks, you either worship Obama or you hate his guts... so simple minded Because you didn't catch it before, I mentioned that this thread was created to inform the masses of this history
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IA with alllllllllllllll of this!
Folks want help, but do they know what kind of help they want? How about some constructive ideas on what we can do with our time/money/efforts?
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Posted: Jan 07 2013 at 8:47pm |
f8dagrate wrote:
let it out wonderland... Im african and I probably might agree with you.. who cares if you have a difference of opinion that's what makes you wonderful 
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well that was such a Barney and Friends thing to say. made me feel all tingly inside. 
i'm watching the video on commercial breaks from RHOBH so i'll wait. 
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