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08/24/2004:

"Our Role in Rebuilding Africa"

By Gov. Howard Dean, M.D.

The American government's record on encouraging self-reliance and prosperity in Africa is dismal. During the Cold War, our main interest in Africa was to use it as a chess board to

counter the ambitions of other players, especially the former Soviet Union and China, and to remove her natural resources with total indifference toward ordinary Africans.

Since the Cold War ended, however, we have at least shifted toward neutral.

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Dean is really in denial, as the U.S. was never neutral in Africa; they remained active supporters of dictators who supported their interest against the interest of the majority of people.