I was the first to coin the expression " Africa's mad
Basenjis" to designate that specie of African dictators and tyrants that
have caused so many tragedies to the African continent. Take the case of
the dictators of Rwanda and Uganda and it's hard and un-human to believe these
two mad Basenjis are still walking and travelling free after killing over
5,000,000 Congolese through their sponsored wars in the DRC.
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/16/world/rwanda-and-uganda-battling-to-control-key-city-in-congo.html
The six
truths to be learned from the events in Burkina Faso are: (1) Africa's mad
Basenjis are and will always be fearful individuals. They fear their own people
and the international community's increasing ability to prosecute them through
the famous International Criminal Court. That's why they cling to power; (2)
The only way Africa's mad Basenjis remain on power is by persecution and
spreading fear among their citizens. Fear to be assassinated, bagged in sacs,
let to float on a lake, buried down a river, or even reduced to ashes. This is
the terror regime, African version; (3) Fear has been the most important cause
of Africa's underdevelopment. Fearful individuals cannot create or produce at
their full capacity. It is just against the law of knowledge and production.
Free people throughout ages have been the most creative and have improved the
quality of lives worldwide; (4) Africans bear the responsibility to break
free from fear and to experience freedom. The people of Burkina Faso have set
the tone for the end of tyranny in Africa by courageously facing and
overthrowing a tyrant. The international community must quarantine African tyrants
and support democracy fighters across the continent; (5) Africa's parliaments
under dictatorships act like prostitutes. Once they're paid, they're ready to
perform at the will of dictators who control everything (courts,
legislature, the executive branch) and try to control even the minds of their
people; (6) Africa's mad Basenjis are a real threat to the mental health,
public health, and public safety of millions of Africans. Therefore eradicating
tyrants one at a time or en masse is a moral responsibility of anybody worthy
to be called a human being. A bon entendeur, salut!
I first expressed this opinion in the Foreign Policy Magazine @
