The president was just warming up. The president does have a little trouble with moral calculus. We can all join in celebrating the smooth transition to majority rule in South Africa. But there are no lessons there for us. There is no need to be undiplomatic, but really, the continent is desperately poor, backward and corrupt.
Some nations are worse than others.
Yes, there are pockets of economic growth and some sprigs of freedom and dignity. But the outlook for most African babies born today is terribly bleak. After witnessing what modern Africa is like, Richburg came away thankful that his ancestors had been captured as slaves and sent to America. Surely, the most cynical moment of this terrible trip was the president's apology for not intervening to stop the genocide in Rwanda. I saw it on television.