International Politics
January 29th, 2007African Politics are pretty interesting, and I’m sort of impressed by this news. See, the African Union had told the Sudan that its President would get the Presidency of the Union this year, but they took that back, and with good reason.
Kufuor was unanimously elected by consensus at the eight AU summit which opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He had previously served two terms as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Monday’s election is second time Sudanese leader Bashir has been pushed aside for chairmanship of the AU. At the last session, African leaders selected Congo’s President Dennis Sassou-Nguesso as a compromise candidate to chair the alliance for one year and then hand over to Bashir. However, this had depended on Sudan demonstrating progress in bringing peace to Darfur, which has not been done.
It’s good to see, as far as moral stands go, but it be better to see something done to legitimately help someone in Sudan. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a time and place for moral stands, and sometimes it’s all you can do, but I don’t feel that that’s the case here, and the whole tragedy breaks my heart a million times over.
Let’s turn north to Iraq now, where Iran is offering to rebuild Iraq, and to help the Iraqis with their military and new country. I’m not sure how much the Iranians are involved in the War, but I’m sure they’re a significant problem, and I’m fully on board with the President’s recent order to kill Iranians found engaging in Warfare or War-related activities in Iraq. I just can’t believe the Iraqis can be so foolish as to turn over great portions of their security and compromise their future by befriending their historical enemy, especially considering that Mahmoud Ahmaniac! is transparently power hungry and nuts.
The Iraqi public that supports the Iranian regime and welcomes it will certainly regret it one day.