Originally Posted by Paul Markham

DUHHHH

When the Brits were closing down the Empire it was because of an agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt. Part of the War Aid program to provide the UK with the goods required to fight the Nazis was closing down the British Empire. Not a gradual orderly withdrawal, just a get out ASAP.

Also the countries fighting for self rule weren't asking for Britain to leave the country slowly. They wanted the British out ASAP so they could manage their own affairs. With hind sight as you point out they were clearly unable to do that peacefully.

It ended a lot of the time as tribe against tribe, race against race and religion against religion. Slaughtering each other.

When the world was putting pressure on Prime Minister Smith of Rhodesia to proclaim equal voting rights to all Rhodesians, ethnic African or European did they stop to think of the consequences? No they just went ahead and Mugabe is the result and now from being the Bread Basket of Africa exporting food, Zimbabwe is the Basket Case of Africa living on hand out.

And whose fault is it?

Always the White man. They want Independence, so long as they're supported by the West. Left on there own some can survive and a lot can't.

Most of the time because the very few at the top are soaking up all the money and letting those at the bottom starve. Look at the leaders, do you see a thin one? Then look at the people.

How many times is a leader kicked out to live penniless and how many times to live in a luxury on a few billionaires experience. Gaddafi is just one of many filling his pockets while his people starve. I suppose that's our fault as well, giving him the money. Us = US, EU, UK, Japan, China, Russia, Canada, and every other country sending him and other tyrants money, guns and what ever they asks for.

Remember Marcos in the Philippines?