You were not at Clark Atlanta University yesterday to hear my talk, or you would have known how un-Afrikan Obama and his thinking are. Even his ardent supporters in the audience came to me after my talk and say that mine was a painful, but empirically well supported, expose on the BOZO.
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Abdul Karim Bangura Sent: 2/21/2013 3:17:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Leonenet] Jendayi Frazer Blasts Obama For Meddling In Kenya's Election
AKB,
I agree that the ICC is a Western manipulated institution but have you African nationalists done anything to save the African masses from murderous rogues like Mugabe, Taylor, Bashir, etc. who butcher (your favorite word) them with impunity for political power? Do I celebrate an imperfect Western imposition jailing these monsters for the rest of their lives? You bet!
Obama has more than a US presidential interest and knowledge of Kenya. Even a chest-thumping pan-Africanist like you will agree that Kenyans are more his people than yours. Chill!
SZ
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Abdul Karim Bangura
<theai@earthlink.net> wrote:
Has Obama not done enough damage in Afrika? Why can't he just leave our people alone?
AfricanConstitution.Org
Ex-Bush Africa envoy Jendayi Frazer attacks US meddling in Kenya ballot
![Former US assistant secretary of state Jendayi Frazer. Ms Frazer questioned the ICC's legitimacy, saying the court is]()
NEW YORK, 20 February 2013 (Daily Nation) -- The woman who held the State Department's top Africa post prior to Ambassador Johnnie Carson denounced on Wednesday his recent warning to Kenyan voters of possible "consequences" stemming from their choice of president in the March 4 election.
"I am troubled by Johnnie Carson's statement that is essentially meddling in Kenya's election," declared Jendayi Frazer, who served as the Bush administration's assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2005 to 2009.
"It is very reckless and irresponsible, given that the election is very close, for us to try to intervene in Kenya's election decision," Ms Fraser added.
"We should not be threatening Kenyans about their choice by pointing to an ICC case that is not proven."
"I think the ICC case against Uhuru Kenyatta is a weak one based on hearsay," Ms Fraser added.
Speaking at a Washington think tank forum on Kenya's election, Ms Frazer questioned the ICC's legitimacy, saying the court is "a very manipulated institution, particularly by the West."
Asked at the forum how she would respond to a Kenyatta victory if she were still a senior State Department official, Ms Frazer replied that the US government "should continue to work with the Kenyan government until the point somebody is tried and convicted."
"I would be very pragmatic," she said, noting that the United States is not a signatory to the treaty that established the International Criminal Court.
Ms Frazer added that the US has consistently maintained contact with Sudan President Omar al Bashir since his indictment by the ICC in 2008 on charges of war crimes.
"Even if the Kenyan people vote for Uhuru to be president, I'm positive the US administration will deal with him," Ms Frazer said. She noted in this context that Secretary of State John Kerry had engaged in diplomacy with Sudan's leadership as an emissary of President Obama.
The former assistant secretary of state expressed optimism that widespread violence will be avoided in the coming election.
Ms Frazer, who now serves as distinguished service professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the US, cited Kenya's new constitution, the country's more independent judiciary and the comparative credibility of its new elections commission as key factors that will help produce a peaceful outcome.
In addition, Kenya's strong civil society "is not going to allow politicians to mobilize violence" in 2013, she said.
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