When Barack Obama first became president of the United States, he went to Africa and made a rousing speech about how Africa needed good leaders rather than strongmen. That was before he was converted to the position that there is no place for moralizing in politics in general and in African politics in particular. He learned this lesson toward the end of his first term and as he enters his second term he has firmly embraced this position. He has come to realize that he could not be moralizing about African leaders while China is carting off all the natural resources and businesses which the US also needs from Africa. This realization has led him to be hugging African strongmen, as Politico has recently reported. Visit the site and see how Obama is hugging Africa's strongmen. So much of idealism.
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