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Africa North
The years wasted under the rule of toppled Arab dictators
2019-04-12
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The contrary argument being that the reason those dictators took over is because otherwise there would have been chaos until someone took charge. See the examples of post-dictator Egypt and Libya.

Posted by:Fred

#4  I agree that King Leopold was a thug and tyrant of the first magnitude in the way the Belgian Congo was governed.

Kinda like the Democrats over their congested brutal, violent, deprived and malnourished enclaves? Just asking...
Posted by: Frank G   2019-04-12 19:57  

#3  The Congo was fifty years from being ready for independence when the sniveling mob forced Belgium to cut them loose. I agree that King Leopold was a thug and tyrant of the first magnitude in the way the Belgian Congo was governed.

The demon spawn of that premature independence is the genesis of most of the horrific violence in Equatorial Africa
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2019-04-12 14:54  

#2  All giving former colonialism a rehabilitated image (except the Congo, but that was the personal medieval fiefdom of the Belgium king).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-04-12 07:55  

#1  ...And yet somehow, it's still all our fault.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-04-12 07:32  

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