I know why Blair and Bush are paying so much attention to Africa.

[KlatooBNikto]

First, their excellent adventure in Iraq is coming unraveled.
The Downing Street Memo has exposed the truth of their decision to go to war even before they had any evidence of Saddam Hussein's possession of WMD's and their manufacturing evidence to support that decision.

Their stock in South and Central America is practically zero.Nobody likes them and nobody cares what they say.

In Asia, people of India, China and Japan are busy making money to care about Bush and Blair. They don't want to have anything to do with these two losers.

What is left? Africa,of course. Now Bush and Blair can shed tears about Africa's plight and relieve the Africans of the oil and other natural resources they have.The same old tricks can now be sold to new victims.

The International Grifters' Society has found new victims.

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Yep

It's a cruel and dirty trick they're doing. Didn't Bush at first say "no" to Blair's request? I wonder what made him change his mind.

Oh and it's minutes. ;)

[Singular73]

2. There's also oil there.

[KlatooBNikto]

5. Yes indeed.Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast and

a few other countries in subsaharan Africa have oil.So does Sudan.Because Africa is not fully explored, it is predicted that the Saharan region holds vast reserves of oil.

No wonder the greedy twins, Bush and Blair smell money in Africa.

[cliss]

3. Yes, you could be right......

but then again, think about Africa. A big continent. Yes, it's got some problems. AIDS, hunger, civil wars, racial tensions, instability, unable to meet its debts....

But think of the assets. Bauxite, cobalt, diamonds, ebony, ivory, lots of exotic things. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Lake Victoria, the Congo, wild animals.

Maybe they're looking at the Balance sheet section which covers Assets?

[housewolf]

4. And I soooo hoped...

that you'd say they were down there looking for somewhere safe to go when they are exiled.

[babylonsister]

6. That sounds too logical! Add to that that they're

covering their asses prior to the G8 conference/concerts/
demonstrations; they are trying to improve their wretched images but, oh well, it's too late!

[Up2Late]

7. Well explain this then, I found this in the Christian Science Monitor

today, and posted it at the link below, If you want to comment on CSM story, better to comment there, I don't mean to hijack someone else's post:

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=131685&mesg_id=131685>

The Christian Science Monitor
Commentary > Opinion
from the June 14, 2005 edition

In Congo, 1,000 die per day: Why isn't it a media story?

By Andrew Stroehlein

BRUSSELS – It's a maxim that what people aren't talking about is always a favorite topic of conversation. But it will make your head spin when applied to the media and the most deadly conflict in the world today. Western media generally do not cover the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but a media story is currently developing around the Congo - focusing, paradoxically, on how the conflict is not a media story. I've lost count of how many journalists in the recent weeks have asked me, "Why aren't the media covering the Congo?"

With an estimated 1,000 people dying there every day as a result of hunger and disease caused by war, it is an appropriate question. But the extent of this coverage of noncoverage is reaching the absurd: print, radio, TV, Internet - they all want to know why they themselves are not writing articles and broadcasting programs about the Congo.

And it is not just me noticing this. In March, Reuters even held a seminar on "forgotten crises," at which the Congo topped the list, and on BBC World Service the other day, I heard a newscaster ask: "Shouldn't this be getting more attention?"

Indeed. What the world media are missing is one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II: 3.8 million people have died in the Congo since 1998, dwarfing not only the biggest of natural catastrophes, such as December's South Asia tsunami, but also other manmade horrors, such as Darfur.

<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0614/p09s02-coop.html>
(more at link above)

[babylonsister]

8. I think the article is dead on; B&B are in full

distraction mode, accomplishing nothing. I'm really glad Geldorf is doing this concert; at least someone is doing something concrete!

[MisterP]

9. a new orange to suck dry and toss aside, eh?