PaperDog wrote:VinnyViolin wrote:Romney is just a stage prop to make a rigged election appear as a legitimate and "close race". Obama, coming from seemingly nowhere, was placed in power by the same folks who manage US foreign policy ... not the voting public. He is a key asset toward achieving their goals in the geopolitical theater. They could care less about our squabbling over left and right issues here in our domestic playpen.
Internationally, Obama the "democrat" will be able to generate more acceptance of unpopular foreign policy decisions, than Romney who will look more like another George W. Bush to most of the world. Especially in Africa where there is much brewing, including plans for recruiting and training Africans into combat units capable of fighting for the interests and objectives of US policy within Africa. Before Obama, such a plan would never work, why should any African give a rat's ass about the US? Many Africans believe Obama was born in Africa and still have very positive emotional feelings of HOPE based on the belief that an African is president of the US. Obviously in respect to exploiting that unique anomaly ... Romney is utterly worthless.
African Business and govt staunchly support Bribery and favors. Over there, they actually "believe" they have an "in" simply because Obama has the office. But Even Obama-homey don't play like that... That's one thing I'll say for him. I can prove it, because he's way too busy working his limited resources here in America.
But Even Obama-homey don't play like that...
I made no suggestion that Obama would ever actually do anything to justify their belief, or hope, of benefiting from an "African" US president. On the contrary, he will be aiding and increasing the efficiency of the ongoing rape of Africa's vast and rich resources with little if any benefit to the average African.
It is a stated goal of AFRICOM to keep a "light footprint" on the African continent by arming, training, advising the locals to do the fighting for us, instead of sending in massive amounts of US troops to sustain casualties, as in Afganistan or Iraq. It will be far easier for a pseudo lefty "African" pres of the US to sell the perspective of US policy, and inspire the average African. Could Romney pull it off? No way!
So with Al- Shabaab, Al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram, franchises opening up there ... and some say them pesky Colombian drug-lords are moving into the neighborhood too, frolicking amongst all the oil, diamonds, gold, and rare earth elements .... Africa could be a very very busy, and bloody, place for acting out US policy concerns in the next few years