Terrorism, Israel, Africa, Iraq War : Results of Power Abuse

The G-8 meeting concluded it's meeting in Scotland with pledges to spend more money on Africa. It commited to double Africa aid to $ 50 billion per year by the year 2010. From 1960 to the present Africa has received $ 568 billion ( today's dollars, app. $ 16 billion per year ). Despite the money , Africa's problems have only grown. Especially deaths from malnutrition and AIDS. So why give more money ? What about linking aid of any kind to birth control and safe-sex practices? Wouldn't that be a more focused solution to the main problems?

But of course most politicians only reason for existence is to broker money and power for special intersets. In this case special interests want to use the Trojan Horse of assistance to the purpose of exploiting natural resources in Africa. Politicians need only " appear " to being good for others rather than actually solving a problem.

The meeting also produced pledges amounting to $ 3 billion per year to help Palestinians after the Israeli withdrawal ( defeat ) from Gaza. But the underlying problem was caused by most of the G-8 members. Israel was created in 1947 by the partition of historic Palestine. The UN was the forum. It had no eminent domain. But political brokering of votes including virtual blackmail by the U S delivered Israel. But subsequent fallout also delivered todays bombings throughout the world in retaliation. Only a reversal of that injustice or a reestablishment of Palestine will correct the problem.

And then there is Iraq and Afghanistan. America has spent $ 300 billion in these wars so far. Loss of American lives is approaching 1800 and over 42,000 wounded. Iraq and Afghani loss of life can only be guessd at greater than 120,000. Evidence including the latest revelations of the " Downing St Memo " prove a wrongful war.

What is the thread through these issues ? Money and power improperly exercised in the pursuit of more money and power. Nothing new ? There is one thing new. The limits of money and political power when faced with the realities of a finite planet. Money cannot make a dry-land ecosystem support overpopulation in the Sudan. Money cannot buy peace from the crime of " voting " someone out of their homeland. Money cannot buy a favorable resolution to the Iraq and Afghanistan war or stop bombings in London or elsewhere.