No country has trusted the US or UK since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Not easy to make the Wagner Group look like the good guys but Bush, Blair, Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy have managed it.
Why no mention of Gadhafi’s threat to create a pan-African currency shortly before his demise?
Implicit in the entire article is that idea that we are always the good guys – which lets face it – is a bit of a stretch. For example – I suspect the US blowing the Nordstream pipeline was not seen as undisputed good in most of the world.
Implicit in the entire article is that idea that we are always the good guys – which lets face it – is a bit of a stretch. For example – I suspect the US blowing the Nordstream pipeline was not seen as undisputed good in most of the world.
Christopher Barclay
11 months ago
No country has trusted the US or UK since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Not easy to make the Wagner Group look like the good guys but Bush, Blair, Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy have managed it.
Why no mention of Gadhafi’s threat to create a pan-African currency shortly before his demise?
Nicky Samengo-Turner
11 months ago
The big question that let alone never answered, is banned from being asked due to modern ” racism” obsession is “Why is Africa the global non performer in every single facet of industrial, commercial, financial, democratic, agricultural, educational, cultural and media activity and progress?” How come that thousands of years ago The Romans could build roads and buildings that Africans are still incapable of doing?
Firstly I think you mean specifically sub-Saharan Africa, given that north African civilisation and construction of complex building predates the Romans.
One of the answers to your question lies in geography. Africa is a gigantic landmass (most world maps do not portray its size accurately using the Mercator projection) with very few navigable rivers for access to its interior, deep ports for heavy shipping or coastal plains for agriculture and settlement. It is a continent of high plateaus, mountains, jungles and deserts where people in the interior are not just cut off from the rest of the world but the rest of Africa. It has tropical diseases, droughts and floods making mere survival a daily struggle for much of its history. In the 21st Century, people fear overpopulation but it was population density and ease of movement between peoples, thereby spreading ideas and trade, which were the greatest determinants of economic progress throughout history.
Compare Africa to the United States. North America is blessed with all the things Africa lacks. The Americas, however, were cursed by one geographical factor: they were isolated between two vast oceans, meaning they had no interaction with outsiders. Once this obstacle had been overcome, they flourished, the north in particular.
Firstly I think you mean specifically sub-Saharan Africa, given that north African civilisation and construction of complex building predates the Romans.
One of the answers to your question lies in geography. Africa is a gigantic landmass (most world maps do not portray its size accurately using the Mercator projection) with very few navigable rivers for access to its interior, deep ports for heavy shipping or coastal plains for agriculture and settlement. It is a continent of high plateaus, mountains, jungles and deserts where people in the interior are not just cut off from the rest of the world but the rest of Africa. It has tropical diseases, droughts and floods making mere survival a daily struggle for much of its history. In the 21st Century, people fear overpopulation but it was population density and ease of movement between peoples, thereby spreading ideas and trade, which were the greatest determinants of economic progress throughout history.
Compare Africa to the United States. North America is blessed with all the things Africa lacks. The Americas, however, were cursed by one geographical factor: they were isolated between two vast oceans, meaning they had no interaction with outsiders. Once this obstacle had been overcome, they flourished, the north in particular.
(* as the late Clement Attlee, PM, said “ never use two words when one will do.)
Last edited 11 months ago by Charles Stanhope
Nicky Samengo-Turner
11 months ago
The big question that let alone never answered, is banned from being asked due to modern ” racism” obsession is “Why is Africa the global non performer in every single facet of industrial, commercial, financial, democratic, agricultural, educational, cultural and media activity and progress?” How come that thousands of years ago The Romans could build roads and buildings that Africans are still incapable of doing?
Please can someone enlighten me?
Paul Devlin
11 months ago
Just ignore Africa. No permanent good comes from anything any outside country does. The locals destroy everything and then look to the world to bail them out, cycle after cycle after cycle. No interference and no outward migration. If there’s famine, do airdrops. Africans must learn to live as responsible nations that plan and invest for their futures, rather than needy teens to be constantly rescued. It’s called independence
Paul Devlin
11 months ago
Just ignore Africa. No permanent good comes from anything any outside country does. The locals destroy everything and then look to the world to bail them out, cycle after cycle after cycle. No interference and no outward migration. If there’s famine, do airdrops. Africans must learn to live as responsible nations that plan and invest for their futures, rather than needy teens to be constantly rescued. It’s called independence
David Lindsay
11 months ago
The growth of the Wagner Group into a state continues apace. From Ukraine to Sudan, and indeed great tracts of Africa and who knows where else, it no more plans to give up its territorial gains to the Russian Federation or to anyone else than the East India Companies or the Crusader military orders ever did. In the end, those did have to. But that took a long time, and it was hardly without acrimony.
David Lindsay
11 months ago
The growth of the Wagner Group into a state continues apace. From Ukraine to Sudan, and indeed great tracts of Africa and who knows where else, it no more plans to give up its territorial gains to the Russian Federation or to anyone else than the East India Companies or the Crusader military orders ever did. In the end, those did have to. But that took a long time, and it was hardly without acrimony.
No country has trusted the US or UK since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Not easy to make the Wagner Group look like the good guys but Bush, Blair, Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy have managed it.
Why no mention of Gadhafi’s threat to create a pan-African currency shortly before his demise?
Implicit in the entire article is that idea that we are always the good guys – which lets face it – is a bit of a stretch. For example – I suspect the US blowing the Nordstream pipeline was not seen as undisputed good in most of the world.
The Russians did it.
The Russians did it.
Implicit in the entire article is that idea that we are always the good guys – which lets face it – is a bit of a stretch. For example – I suspect the US blowing the Nordstream pipeline was not seen as undisputed good in most of the world.
No country has trusted the US or UK since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Not easy to make the Wagner Group look like the good guys but Bush, Blair, Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy have managed it.
Why no mention of Gadhafi’s threat to create a pan-African currency shortly before his demise?
The big question that let alone never answered, is banned from being asked due to modern ” racism” obsession is “Why is Africa the global non performer in every single facet of industrial, commercial, financial, democratic, agricultural, educational, cultural and media activity and progress?” How come that thousands of years ago The Romans could build roads and buildings that Africans are still incapable of doing?
Please can someone enlighten me?
Firstly I think you mean specifically sub-Saharan Africa, given that north African civilisation and construction of complex building predates the Romans.
One of the answers to your question lies in geography. Africa is a gigantic landmass (most world maps do not portray its size accurately using the Mercator projection) with very few navigable rivers for access to its interior, deep ports for heavy shipping or coastal plains for agriculture and settlement. It is a continent of high plateaus, mountains, jungles and deserts where people in the interior are not just cut off from the rest of the world but the rest of Africa. It has tropical diseases, droughts and floods making mere survival a daily struggle for much of its history. In the 21st Century, people fear overpopulation but it was population density and ease of movement between peoples, thereby spreading ideas and trade, which were the greatest determinants of economic progress throughout history.
Compare Africa to the United States. North America is blessed with all the things Africa lacks. The Americas, however, were cursed by one geographical factor: they were isolated between two vast oceans, meaning they had no interaction with outsiders. Once this obstacle had been overcome, they flourished, the north in particular.
It’s a puzzler, isn’t it?
Darwin!
(* as the late Clement Attlee, PM, said “ never use two words when one will do.)
Firstly I think you mean specifically sub-Saharan Africa, given that north African civilisation and construction of complex building predates the Romans.
One of the answers to your question lies in geography. Africa is a gigantic landmass (most world maps do not portray its size accurately using the Mercator projection) with very few navigable rivers for access to its interior, deep ports for heavy shipping or coastal plains for agriculture and settlement. It is a continent of high plateaus, mountains, jungles and deserts where people in the interior are not just cut off from the rest of the world but the rest of Africa. It has tropical diseases, droughts and floods making mere survival a daily struggle for much of its history. In the 21st Century, people fear overpopulation but it was population density and ease of movement between peoples, thereby spreading ideas and trade, which were the greatest determinants of economic progress throughout history.
Compare Africa to the United States. North America is blessed with all the things Africa lacks. The Americas, however, were cursed by one geographical factor: they were isolated between two vast oceans, meaning they had no interaction with outsiders. Once this obstacle had been overcome, they flourished, the north in particular.
It’s a puzzler, isn’t it?
Darwin!
(* as the late Clement Attlee, PM, said “ never use two words when one will do.)
The big question that let alone never answered, is banned from being asked due to modern ” racism” obsession is “Why is Africa the global non performer in every single facet of industrial, commercial, financial, democratic, agricultural, educational, cultural and media activity and progress?” How come that thousands of years ago The Romans could build roads and buildings that Africans are still incapable of doing?
Please can someone enlighten me?
Just ignore Africa. No permanent good comes from anything any outside country does. The locals destroy everything and then look to the world to bail them out, cycle after cycle after cycle. No interference and no outward migration. If there’s famine, do airdrops. Africans must learn to live as responsible nations that plan and invest for their futures, rather than needy teens to be constantly rescued. It’s called independence
Just ignore Africa. No permanent good comes from anything any outside country does. The locals destroy everything and then look to the world to bail them out, cycle after cycle after cycle. No interference and no outward migration. If there’s famine, do airdrops. Africans must learn to live as responsible nations that plan and invest for their futures, rather than needy teens to be constantly rescued. It’s called independence
The growth of the Wagner Group into a state continues apace. From Ukraine to Sudan, and indeed great tracts of Africa and who knows where else, it no more plans to give up its territorial gains to the Russian Federation or to anyone else than the East India Companies or the Crusader military orders ever did. In the end, those did have to. But that took a long time, and it was hardly without acrimony.
The growth of the Wagner Group into a state continues apace. From Ukraine to Sudan, and indeed great tracts of Africa and who knows where else, it no more plans to give up its territorial gains to the Russian Federation or to anyone else than the East India Companies or the Crusader military orders ever did. In the end, those did have to. But that took a long time, and it was hardly without acrimony.