Accra, Ghana—Preoccupied with Iraq, can the United States intervene directly in the affairs of a failed African state in order to save lives and build a basis for recovery? The answer from President George Bush seems to be a resounding “no.” During his recent five-day visit to sub-Saharan Africa, Bush showed a surprising willingness to use American tax dollars to… return to article
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Reader Comments (3)Page 1 of 1 pagesIT IS A FINE EDITORIAL. HOWEVER, THE UNITED STATES ALONE CANNOT MAKE PEACE IN LIBERIA BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE,DISCIPLINE,AND MENTALITY OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LEADERS.
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Posted by Malik Al-Arkam on Aug 5, 2003 at 7:09 AM What is the basis for describing Nigeria’s intervention in Sierra Leone as infamous? The British intervention in S/L, successful though it may have been, is like someone coming in at the last moment to roof a house that others have built with limited resources and at great cost. If others - Nigerians - hadn’t done the groundwork, there would have been no basis for the British ‘success’. That is why, however we may criticise him at home in Nigeria, late Sani Abacha remains someone that the people of Sierra Leone remember as having come to their aid when others were doing pretty much the same kind of hesitation waltz that the US is now engaged in. Of course, because Nigeria could hardly afford to keep its troops in S/L and Liberia (coupled with the stickiness of fingers supposed to be transmitting soldiers’ pay), and this undoubtedly led to their ‘living off the land’ to the discredit of all concerned. Which is why it is to be hoped that we’ve extracted something more than vague promises of $10m to maintain our troops in Liberia this time around.
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