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Is Obama good for Africa?

Muinteoir Laura · 2012-01-18 16:24:28

Hi all, we have a school debate coming up and I would be interested to hear other people's opinion on whether they thought Obama was good for Africa. We are opposition so we are looking for failures he may have or policies which he should but has not introduced. Any ideas, thoughts would be appreciated, plus I think it's…

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#32 11-02-2012 10:12pm
housetypeb

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Ballyfornia wrote: »

American Imperialism will never be good for any region it doesn't matter what colour of skin the president has.

Agreed,America were quick to recognise the new president in the Maldives after the coup -and to dampen any calls for elections there, all in the name of democracy of course.

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#33 13-02-2012 10:40pm
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housetypeb wrote: »

Agreed,America were quick to recognise the new president in the Maldives after the coup -and to dampen any calls for elections there, all in the name of democracy of course.

They also cry about Chinese/Russian vetoes (which were only employed 13 times since the 70's ) yet have used their own veto for such petty shït as preventing Vietnam from joining the UN (just being bitchy) and fück knows how many blocked rulings to allow Israel to continue to smash the Palestinians. Bunch of bullshïtters.

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