Ethiopia aid spent on weapons

[ronturner]

See BBC news today.
Why am I not surprised?
RT

[Biggles]

Me neither Ron, the only suprise to me is that civilised countries still pour money by the billions into African states who are rich if only the money was directed to the people and infra structure and not the tribal leaders, who think more of an Armani Suit, Mercedes and private jet that their own people. Does Mugabi fit the bill and we all sit back and watch as the country and people die.

[johnoakes]

Just do a Janes check on the Ethiopian airforce and |Ethiopian Airlines--feed the world my a***.
I gave nothing and I never will.

[ronturner]

Biggles makes reference to Mugabe. What a horrible man this is!
He is not even Zimbabwean born, unlike many of the white farmers he has expelled from the land into which they were born.
If, and I say, if the UK was looking for a conflict they could have done better by intervening there rather than in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Last December we had a serious accident in our family. My grandson of 18 months was burnt by scalding water. He suffered badly, but he was saved from serious disfigurement by the swift actions of a black Zimbabwean woman who just happened to be nearby and who was a nurse. She did all the right things.
Turns out she came to UK from Zim with her two teenage children to get away from Mugabe. They live in a small flat in a run down area of Brighton, but when you enter , it is impeccable. The young girl has won an apprenticeship with one of the big accounting firms and the boy, still doing A levels, wants to be a doctor. If he cannot be a doctor he wants to do something else working for the NHS. When I asked he why, he said it was to repay the HNS for saving them by giving his mother a job. That kind of thing makes me proud that we can help such people, and its so different to some of the other stories we hear.
We talked a lot about life back in Zimbabwe and I was compelled to do something practical. I collected funds from friends and family and arranged for medical supplies, simple things like paracetamol, antiseptics, syringes,bandages, sticking plasters, to be sent to the hospital in a suburb of Harare. However, the woman told me to make sure the supplies were sent to a particular individual at her home address, a nursing sister in the hospital, so that the soldiers and the Zanu PF would not steal them for their own people. The goods, did arrive and were properly used.

[Biggles]

Well done Ron, I remember you mentioning this sad incident some time ago.

[johnoakes]

The Zimbabwe situation is worse than you may think.

Not only is ethnic cleansing and murder being committed(against nasty white people by sadly oppressed thieving murdering blacks so there is no world outrage--)


but our (OUR!!!) government has refused to allow mass immigration of former Rhodesian farmers and families who fought for us in 2 world wars and has refused to allow them to have British passports.allegedly.

I have friends who fought in the Rhodesian war along with the black minority tribesman who were their friends and fellow soldiers.

They thought they knew what the likely outcome would be but the reality is even worse.

Noone starved under Ian Smith--Rhodesia exported food and was economically stable.--there was some rule of law though not perfect.

Can anyone say the situation there has improved?

Zimbabwe is just another Haiti run by savages for crooks and savages.

God help any decent folk of whatever colour who live under such people

[Biggles]

Anyone wondering how these people survive in countries like these could do well to watch the film "Hotel Ruwanda" a film which shows how inept UN and the rest of the world are when dealing with tribal governments.

[ronturner]

...and Somalia,
Why am I not surprised?

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