Comments on: African leadership is improving http://www.owen.org/blog/1166 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: owen http://www.owen.org/blog/1166/comment-page-1#comment-859 owen Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:09:51 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=60#comment-859 RonB - This was a posting about how the African leadership is getting its act together and demanding better governance from each other, not a commentary on US foreign policy. We are quick to criticize Africans when we do not think they are doing enough; we should have the grace to recognise when they take the right stand. But since you raise the point: what on earth did the US think it was doing giving military assistance to the Eyadema regime in Togo? So much for the Administration's commitment to democracy and freedom. I do not see much to boast about in withdrawing assistance that should not have been given in the first place. RonB – This was a posting about how the African leadership is getting its act together and demanding better governance from each other, not a commentary on US foreign policy. We are quick to criticize Africans when we do not think they are doing enough; we should have the grace to recognise when they take the right stand.

But since you raise the point: what on earth did the US think it was doing giving military assistance to the Eyadema regime in Togo? So much for the Administration’s commitment to democracy and freedom. I do not see much to boast about in withdrawing assistance that should not have been given in the first place.

]]> By: ronb http://www.owen.org/blog/1166/comment-page-1#comment-860 ronb Sun, 06 Mar 2005 09:40:38 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=60#comment-860 You seem to have omitted a participant: "The State Department issued a statement backing ECOWAS' decision to impose sanctions, and said it was ending all military assistance to the country." http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-20-voa12.cfm You seem to have omitted a participant:

“The State Department issued a statement backing ECOWAS’ decision to impose sanctions, and said it was ending all military assistance to the country.”

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-20-voa12.cfm

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