Musing at things around the world with trouble in Form Six
My, my, my.
When I saw that action, it was not too removed from kick boxing. Kizza Besigye kicking some, his feet flying in different directions, smashing at the lever of the pickup truck as he was bundled into it. Even in the United States, dignitaries are arrested for disturbing the peace or blocking the way....just like the Mayor of the District of Columbia and six council members were arrested last week because of budget trade offs between the White House and the Republicans. ...or more exactly, Obama caving in and the District lost its right to use its own money to fund abortion for poor women. That is tantamount to treating the District residents like second class citizens according to the drive for statehood..
Hahahahaha.. May I venture to ask? What is this uprising by Besigye for food called? Bantu Spring? Just maybe ..... such a display for good citizenry? At least the aspiring Syrian opposition was funded with good dollars from the US government to inspire stuff. The $$$ were channeled through a non-profit in California and some of the $$$ operate an anti-government television called: Barada TV. That's an Arab Spring.
I think Museveni has pissed the West with his outspokenness and the opposition can just corner..... even Cameron of UK for some help - more over, that would be a former colo master. Sarkozy is busy with Francafrique and trying to a get a bite out of Libyan oil. Not red oil; the one also used for petrol. Petrodollars, petroeuros.
Meanwhile, Italy is not too happy with France, a fellow NATO partner-in-bombing-Libya because France closed its border or refused to allow Tunisians running away from Arab Spring to enter France. What's the matter with Sarkozy? Is he going to close his borders to prevent Ivorians and Libyans from sharing his Freedom as victims of some Spring in Africa?
Just musing and wondering.
One brighter - Nigeria demonstrated free and fair elections in the April. Go Africa.
MsJoe
In a message dated 4/18/2011 7:37:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, matekopoko@gmail.com writes:
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This is a quote:
"Even if Joseph Kony was killed, that would not necessarily be the end of the war in northern Uganda because Kony is no more than a ' spiritual' leader of the LRA. This quick fix, arm-chair solution seemed to be from the Kampala-based 'opinion leaders' who only know the war through newspapers".
" Until the legitimate grievances and the marginalization of northern Uganda's communities are addressed, LRA fighters remain a possible vehicle for the expression of northerners' frustrations".
"Kony may never sign a peace agreement. Whether or not he signs, however, is less relevant to avoiding new conflict in northern Uganda than ending marginalization policies and fulfilling promises by the Ugandan government."
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