tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post5356139499661924321..comments2024-03-18T13:13:41.444+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: Meanwhile in UgandaZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-77092327894812938762011-10-16T14:08:00.799+02:002011-10-16T14:08:00.799+02:00Good comment, Africanist.Good comment, Africanist.Jasonhttp://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-38685482842438466872011-10-15T21:25:57.183+02:002011-10-15T21:25:57.183+02:00Africa is the last frontier for natural resources,...Africa is the last frontier for natural resources, a real figurative gold-mine and strategic reserve - that's what Africom is all about.<br /><br />The US will still building drones in Ethiopia and has bases in South Sudan.<br /><br />And amidst all of this - what are the views of the common person towards the US? Positive.<br />And Egypt? Negative.<br /><br />Why?<br />Because the US has 'real' factors underpinning its global power, including soft-power and somehow people see some economic benefits to engagement with the US...<br /><br />This can be contrasted with Egypt and those Egyptians who refuse to let go of their delusions of grandeur, who justify inequity (in Nile Basin dealings) and superficiality in how they deal with others.<br /><br />Until this changes all Egypt and Egyptians will do re: Africa is to read about its news after events have unfolded.Africanistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-68033536693583493342011-10-15T09:42:52.965+02:002011-10-15T09:42:52.965+02:00"The US forces will ultimately go to Uganda, ..."<em>The US forces will ultimately go to <a href="http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-news-obama-deploys-troops-to.html" rel="nofollow">Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, with the permission of those countries.</em>" Really, why our Nobel Peace Laureate President Obama is doing this I do not know. How many wars are we in already, like five?Jasonhttp://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com