tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18927845.post113786775126131565..comments2024-03-17T17:36:38.142+01:00Comments on M and J Adventures: Digging Deepernzmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18927845.post-1138293553002193802006-01-26T17:39:00.000+01:002006-01-26T17:39:00.000+01:00Thanks!The west is very largely responsible. In a...Thanks!<BR/><BR/>The west is very largely responsible. In a lot of cases, they are the ones doing the bribery for whatever reasons - medical research, natural resources, money laundering etc.<BR/><BR/>We get to travel a lot in and out of Dubai, and we're often in the airline lounges waiting for our flights to depart.<BR/><BR/>We wonder how many of the African people that we see in the First and Business class lounges are the vultures living the high life at the expense and misery of their fellow poor countrymen.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure that some have made their own way up in life through hard work, but it does make us think.<BR/><BR/>One of our friends at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel tells us of a woman (politician's wife) who was from his African homeland who used to come in and stay at the hotel. She would rent out an entire floor, charging everything to her room, shopping, partying with a few of her pals. <BR/><BR/>It would hurt our friend so much to see this, especially knowing that the money was being channelled away from doing good for his country, or worse, whatever the money had been paid for was actually damaging his country.<BR/><BR/>On one particular visit, she had some cosmetic surgery done. There were complications with the surgery, and she died.<BR/><BR/>Our friend said that it was the only time in his life that he's felt happy that someone died like that.nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18927845.post-1138290780890890182006-01-26T16:53:00.000+01:002006-01-26T16:53:00.000+01:00Interesting blog. You are spot on regarding corrup...Interesting blog. You are spot on regarding corrupt African leaders. They are shameless, despicable leaders. Yet, the West is also largely responsible for these despots who plague the continent, helping them line their pockets with aid funds and bribes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com