This is a response to an article from TheGuardian written by a westerner, whining in typical altruistic fashion, about the inadequacies of the handouts from the western world to underprivileged entitled African nations. Well I am from one such "poor deserving African nation" and I say it's about time we learned to clean up our own messes. All my life, I have observed African countries waiting for "the Western response" to our own problems. The Nigerian president publicly opined that "America will know" when US dollars are "stolen" anywhere in the world as it is "their money", meaning it is somehow the responsibility of the US government to investigate corruption in Africa. Americans do not mess around with the safety of its citizens. The Ebola missionaries flown to US for treatment are just an example. Then again, there was the captured US soldier that was gotten in exchange for 5 Taliban soldiers (yes, 5 terrorists in excha
My thoughts on a variety of issues, from life in the "3rd world", to love in the most unlikely places.