--- Date: Thu, 5 Dec From: Charles <•••@••.•••> To: "Richard K. Moore" <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cj#616> re: ZAIRE AND YANKEE IMPERIALISM MIME-Version: 1.0 On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Richard K. Moore wrote: > This intuition arises partly from my reading of David Stockman's > "In Search of Enemies", which described how the Angolan civil war got You mean John Stockwell. David Stockman was Reagan's budget director. He didn't have to search for enemies; his abrasaive, know-it-all manner ensured him a steady supply. Stockwell probably has some enemies among his old colleagues too by now -- maybe not as many enemies as his fellow whistleblower, but probably about as many as Aldrich Ames or Nicholas Whatshisname (the latest cash-and-carry secretseller). > > The French may show "little regard" for humanity, but the U.S. > seems more adept at outright cynical manipulation. I wouldn't put such shenanigans past our U.S. statesmen, but I also wouldn't have thought they were that much interested in what happens to Central Africa. (The concern with Angola and Mozambique -- as with the `Horn of Africa' -- was part of the Cold War geopolitique so beloved of Kissinger and his wannabes.) Of course there are mineral resources to be tapped there. The suggestion of a budding rivalry with France for influence in the area gains some credence from recent remarks by our soon-to-be-ex-Secretary of State. I wonder whether the otherwise inexplicable U.S. intransigence over Boutros Ghali might be motivated in part by a desire to replace him with another African more amenable to pressure. Seems a bit farfetched, but then so does the whole affair. Charles
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