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[QUOTE]Originally posted by anguishofbeing: [QB] I never said he was a "great guy", that N.Korea or USSR were the best approach. Or that I agreed with all his policies (although we never know how it would turn out because of the coup). You are putting words in my mouth, the obvious straw-man tactic of those on the losing end of an argument. As for dictatorship, that's another bullshit argument, has nothing to do with (material) success or failure of a country. Example China, Singapore, in fact all the Asian Tigers at the time of their economic "take off' were dictatorships, euphemistically referred to as "authoritarian" regimes informed by so-called "Asian values". [QUOTE]I already said his fierce denunciation of colonialism, non aligned stance, praise of the Soviets etc etc made him an enemy in a number of Western capitals.[/QUOTE]How the hell does [b]rhetoric[/b] make one a threat to international finance capital? Again you make no sense here. [QUOTE]And if he were creating poverty and chaos,[/QUOTE]Bingo. So you [b]do[/b] blame him for all Ghana's problems at the time. I'm not saying he didn't have his faults but accusing him of "creating" poverty and chaos is straight out of the reactionary hand book. Your mask is coming off as we go on. As for impacting profits of capitalists, yes I would agree his [i]actions[/i] were a threat to them but it had nothing to do with him "creating poverty and chaos" [b]which you have yet to prove:[/b] was it [i]his[/i] "creation", western saboteurs had nothing to do with it?... which would be amazing given the cold war context. [QUOTE]As for Rawlings, what proof do you have that he was darling of the West? After all he overthrewn elected government long after Nkrumah was gone.[/QUOTE]I believe Rawlings he was an obvious agent, planted to implement (America controlled) IMF SAPs. Why do you think he implemented the (failed) IMF policies when he came in? Obviously part of the deal. Don't be naive, if he wasnt given a green light by the west he could never think of overthrowing the government. Where would he get the support? [QUOTE]What proof do you offer that his "structural adjustment" was a dismal failure? Compared to what? Give examples.[/QUOTE]The IMF SAPs he implemented were a complete failure as it failed to turn Ghana into other industrialized rich capitalist countries that are model for world, Singapore, S.Korea and even the NICs like Brazil. I'm not going to go do a search and cut and paste job. Years ago I did a paper in college about SAPs in Africa (Ghana included) and the consensus was they were *all* dismal failures. Ghana today is still a "developing" (i.e. poor) country. After half a century of turning their backs on his anti-colonial legacy and his "communism", still no Japan or S.Korea in western Africa. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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