The Answer for Africa

Here's a novel idea for the leaders of the Group of Eight highly industrialized nations, scheduled to meet this week, June 26-27, in Alberta's breathtakingly beautiful Kananaskis country. If summit host, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and the other leaders really want to help Africa pull out of its economic death spiral, as they say they do, then perhaps the best thing they could do would be to decide to leave the continent alone. But if Somalia's recent history is any guide, they might benefit the continent even more if they simply dropped a team of paratroopers over each African … Continue reading The Answer for Africa