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07/15/2009: "Obama declares to Africa: End tyranny, corruption"

An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise.

"No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves, or if police can be bought off by drug traffickers," he said

"No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top, or the head of the Port Authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery.

[ And yet the irony is that Africa will not improve and Obama's presidency will instead herald a rapid slide into exactly this 3rd world style tyranny and corruption in the US - which is not far off even now. ]

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1000920&lang=eng_news