25 comments on Cabinda: Prospects for an Oil Insurgency in the Angolan Exclave
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I think there is no fundamental difference between Africa and any other region possessing resources, oil in particular, "needed" by the empire. The empire can't win, no matter how much devastation it rains on these countries. We here and in Europe are held in subjection because we fear death and even more losing our portfolios. Both those fears are evaporating in major parts of the third world. If "we" are already having this amount of trouble in just Iraq and Afghanistan (the troubles are just beginning in Somalia), imagine what trouble there will be with yet Iran, not to mention Russia and China.
At some point the whole thing will come crashing down. One hopes for the least amount of destruction all around. I personally hope to see more Chavezes emerge, in Africa too. I think Hezbollah has gotten a bum rap -- it has Christian members too. When I say Chavez, I don't have some fixed image in mind. Its important to have hope. That's what these guys at the helm would deny us, the right to even think of any alternative to this madness.
We here and in Europe are held in subjection because we fear death and even more losing our portfolios."
--It's true. This is why the outcome of the wars for liberation in Algeria & Vietnam were inevitable. Two books highly recommended:
http://www.amazon.com/Savage-War-Peace-1954-1962-Classics/dp/1590172183/...
http://www.amazon.com/Ho-Chi-Minh-William-Duiker/dp/078688701X/ref=pd_bb...
The parallels between these conflicts were really uncanny. The sacrifices of the people and the persistence of the leaders was astonishing unless one realizes that they had no future outside of their movement.
Matt
I too hope for the least amount of destruction all around. Although they haven't asked for it, my advice for the people of Cabinda: as you are few in number, maintain your traditional culture and ignore the offshore work. In probably 50 years or less the oil will be gone, and any "modern" infrastructure it paid for would be unsustainable. Don't run your population up. Don't fight over this flash in the pan.
In the immortal words of Clint Eastwood, "Dyin' ain't much of a living".
Errol in Miami