Sorry, but I had to chuckle a bit with I read the part about foreign nations creating stability. Which African nations are stable? The instability of most African countries can be blamed squarely on Africans who take power, sell out to foreign money, enrich themselves and leave everybody else as they were. Furthermore the continent will NEVER be stable until the various religious factions can get along, and until tribalism is less important than nationalism, and until Africans stand up and demand democracy. If foreign influence can be blamed for anything, it is trying to drag people kicking and screaming out of the darkness in which they choose to live. Frederick homepage.mac.com/f.e.pitts/ |