In Johannesburg anti-immigrant rioters are beating, shooting, stabbing and burning alive immigrants from other African countries, many legally in South Africa, so much for setting an example in a country where many of its leaders fled to other African countries during apartheid. Hey, why don’t they just build a fence around South Africa?
In Kuwait 24 out of 50 seats in their parliament were won by Islamists, meaning that fundamentalists are gaining a wider foothold their. And of special interest out of a country of some 2.6 million only 360,000 people are eligible to vote. Ah, democracy in action in the Middle East. Say, Barack here is a real opportunity for change; on the other hand perhaps we should mind our own business for a change that is until those Islamists decide they want Americans out of their country. That name sounds familiar, didn’t we fight a war there¦for whose benefit?:mad:
Somalia pirates (what is this the 18th century) hijacked a Jordanian ship carrying aid to Mogadishu. With more than 36 such attacks so far this year, Somalia officials blame Western companies because they pay ransoms and thus encourage such attacks. Ah, convoluted thinking in the developing world. Never fear the US and France are trying to get permission from the UN to track down and arrest these guys. “To the shores of Tripoli¦:yh_flag
A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed 11, but there is progress, in
Afghanistan a suicide bomber only killed 4 civilians. Don’t you wonder who sets the odds here, 11-1, 4-1, go figure?
It must be a slow news day because we are also told that in South Korea a wife who cheated on her husband is challenging a male centric adultery law and in the process putting the affair on the front pages there. Now there is news you don’t want to miss.
Don't you have to wonder how America fits into all this, what exactly is our role in the world and do we in the slightest way understand the rest of the world?:- :-2:-2
