[Eric]

Originally Posted by steeljack

lets not forget the French and others

Ex-French minister gets jail in Angola arms trial

I guess the pirates hi-jacking the ships off the Somali coast carrying food aid are also non-Africans as well

The French are forgettable ... but they are major arms dealers ... I do believe that the Exocet that sank HMS Sheffield had a French connection. But, I think that legal military aid from the west is troubling ... the result of such aid is that corrupt governments are given a large measure of legitimacy. And as long as corrupt govts. pretend to be allies of the West, their people will continue to live in oppressive conditions that most people who live in relative peace, prosperity, and security will ignore. Sad.