"Bishops urge African leaders to repent" by New York Times | October 24, 2009
ROME - Declaring that Africa needs more “saints’’ in public life, African bishops issued a strong statement yesterday calling on corrupt Roman Catholic politicians in Africa to “repent, or quit the public arena.’’
The 300-some Catholic leaders said that Africa needs “saintly politicians who will clean the continent of corruption, work for the good of the people, and know how to galvanize other men and women of good will from outside the church to join hands against the common evils that beset our nations.’’
Yeah, except AS SOON AS YOU GET THAT, the CIA is in there f***ing around!
Just ask Aristide of Haiti about that; he got couped twice!
The bishops wrote, “Whatever may be the responsibility of foreign interests, there is always the shameful and tragic collusion of the local leaders: politicians who betray and sell out their nations, dirty business people who collude with rapacious multinationals, African arms dealers and traffickers who thrive on small arms that cause great havoc on human lives, and local agents of some international organizations who get paid for peddling toxic ideologies that they don’t believe in.’’
With WESTERN CORPORATIONS BEHIND IT ALL because of the RESOURCES!!
That also sounds a lot like AmeriKa!
They did not name names, but two of the continent’s most prominent Catholic leaders are President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, whose repressive policies are seen to have led his country to economic collapse, and President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, who has been accused of fraud and corruption....
Probably right, but we should check their judgments just in case.
And what AMAZES ME (and makes me suspect sanctions and a biological warfare program) is the UNMENTIONED HEALTH CRISIS of CHOLERA in Zimbabwe!!!
"Zimbabwe police accuse rival party of hoarding arms" by Chengetai Zvauya, Associated Press | October 25, 2009
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Police loyal to President Robert Mugabe raided a house used by the prime minister’s supporters yesterday and accused them of hoarding weapons in a move likely to push Zimbabwe’s fragile coalition government closer to collapse.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change said yesterday that the police raid on a house where the party’s executives stay was provocation by Mugabe’s party, which wants the coalition to fail. Mugabe was forced into a power-sharing government with Tsvangirai, the country’s longtime opposition leader, in February after disputed elections last year.... a setback for the country’s struggle to emerge from political gridlock, economic collapse, and international isolation and sanctions....
The only positive sign for unity and democratic change in Zimbabwe occurred weeks ago when the Supreme Court released nine activists and dropped terror charges against them because they had been tortured and beaten in jail. But the catalyst for Tsvangirai’s withdrawal was the prosecution of Roy Bennett, a popular party member nominated as deputy agriculture minister. Prosecutors unsuccessfully tried to send Bennett back to jail to await trial on charges linked to discredited allegations that he had plotted the violent overthrow of Mugabe.
You know, I could REALLY GIVE a CRAP about "politics," MSM.
All s*** fooleys -- which is why there is SO MUCH OF IT in the paper!
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So WHAT of the PEOPLE of ZIMBABWE, huh, Glob?
They are what I CARE ABOUT, not this slop-s*** report.
