tinydancer
Diamond Member
Ah yes. Some of the world's worst human rights violators, crazy homophobes, corrupt beyond belief and murderers to dine with him at the White House.
Nary a word about these evil bastards track records. And a very bipartisan rant from me. President GW Bush was on hand as well.
They were wined and dined and treated like royalty. Here's a gallery of some of the most evil leaders on the planet. Mugabe is of course number one bad guy that was welcomed, but these others run a close second.
For the life of me I don't understand how our leaders can even sit with these men. Known murderers.
I'm glad I don't get it.
Up first Objang. His accomplishments would make any progressive proud.
Pictured outside the White House waving and grinning with his wife President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s longest serving dictator after seizing power from his uncle and mentor (who used to hang regime critics from the capital’s street lights) in 1979.
Since then he has won the yearly elections with 99% of the vote.
Taking the lead from his uncle, he has since had shot or jailed virtually all political opponents and ruled the country with an iron fist.
Despite running one of sub-Saharas biggest oil-producing countries and amassing a personal wealth in excess of an estimated $600million, he’s far from generous with his riches.
The average income of his citizens is $2 a day, few live beyond 53 and 20 per cent of children die before they reach five years of age. Last year the country ranked 163 out of 177 on Transparency International.
There is no freedom of the press, the country’s one television station is government-run and clean water is scarce. In 2011, the United States' Department of Justice made moves to seize more than $70 million in assets from President Obiang's son, Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue.
Now this guy is a champ!
Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore is another African leader who seized power by bloody coup. The Burkina Faso president’s 1987 uprising left his predecessor Thomas Sankara dead – who himself had taken power four years earlier alongside Compaore
In 2011 he watched as protests gave way to calls for his resignation over claims of police brutality and government corruption. However, his presidential guard eventually squashed a mutiny, then made concessions to appease the remaining protestors - but questions remain over corruption among the ruling elite.
This guy has to be a hero to the left. The way he controls his elections must make them swoon with envy.
Paul Biya has the dubious honour of ranking nineteenth on author David Wallechinsky's 2006 list of the world's 20 worst living dictators.
The Cameroon's grip on his country's presidency has remained tight since he came to power in 1983 and there have been widespread allegations of fraud and voting consistencies in every election cycle.
In fact, Mr Wallechinsky claims in the Huffington Post Biya is credited with the innovative election fraud tactic of paying for a set of international observers to certify his elections as legitimate.
More at link:
How the White House opened its doors to some of Africa's dictators | Mail Online
Nary a word about these evil bastards track records. And a very bipartisan rant from me. President GW Bush was on hand as well.
They were wined and dined and treated like royalty. Here's a gallery of some of the most evil leaders on the planet. Mugabe is of course number one bad guy that was welcomed, but these others run a close second.
For the life of me I don't understand how our leaders can even sit with these men. Known murderers.
I'm glad I don't get it.
Up first Objang. His accomplishments would make any progressive proud.
Pictured outside the White House waving and grinning with his wife President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s longest serving dictator after seizing power from his uncle and mentor (who used to hang regime critics from the capital’s street lights) in 1979.
Since then he has won the yearly elections with 99% of the vote.
Taking the lead from his uncle, he has since had shot or jailed virtually all political opponents and ruled the country with an iron fist.
Despite running one of sub-Saharas biggest oil-producing countries and amassing a personal wealth in excess of an estimated $600million, he’s far from generous with his riches.
The average income of his citizens is $2 a day, few live beyond 53 and 20 per cent of children die before they reach five years of age. Last year the country ranked 163 out of 177 on Transparency International.
There is no freedom of the press, the country’s one television station is government-run and clean water is scarce. In 2011, the United States' Department of Justice made moves to seize more than $70 million in assets from President Obiang's son, Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue.
Now this guy is a champ!
Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore is another African leader who seized power by bloody coup. The Burkina Faso president’s 1987 uprising left his predecessor Thomas Sankara dead – who himself had taken power four years earlier alongside Compaore
In 2011 he watched as protests gave way to calls for his resignation over claims of police brutality and government corruption. However, his presidential guard eventually squashed a mutiny, then made concessions to appease the remaining protestors - but questions remain over corruption among the ruling elite.
This guy has to be a hero to the left. The way he controls his elections must make them swoon with envy.
Paul Biya has the dubious honour of ranking nineteenth on author David Wallechinsky's 2006 list of the world's 20 worst living dictators.
The Cameroon's grip on his country's presidency has remained tight since he came to power in 1983 and there have been widespread allegations of fraud and voting consistencies in every election cycle.
In fact, Mr Wallechinsky claims in the Huffington Post Biya is credited with the innovative election fraud tactic of paying for a set of international observers to certify his elections as legitimate.
More at link:
How the White House opened its doors to some of Africa's dictators | Mail Online
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