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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

AFRICA’S WARZONE:


AFRICA’S WARZONE:

War, war and war! The other day it was Sierra Leone, then southern Sudan, then the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, as in the list is endless. Now its Kenya fighting the terror based Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
Wars would cease if the will to make them was there. There is no substitute to stabilize any government like war. It provides any government with a means of dealing with rowdy youths. Yes! These are the same youths who are recruited from our estates and hoods to join the army and serve their country. But during wars they are placed upfront- that’s how you deal with the rowdy youths, giving them responsibilities, even if not of honor and having them upfront at the most dangerous war zone spots.
Wars everywhere help the society to be busy, reduce population and kills boredom. All over the country, in our little “Mtaani Barazas” and “jobless corners”, the topic that has elicited debate is our troops in Somalia. Infact there are leading panelist and experienced experts who take charge and give their views despite them never even coming close to an army camp in their lives. But don’t we have them in our society? They that pretend to know everything, even more than the men on the ground. These guys can give government intelligences a run for their money,
Indeed, wars give the older generation a more visible approach to deal with the younger generation. Here the old remember the glorious days where there was no war and how things have changed and will continue to change. They call the younger ones “the cursed generation.”
Whether politically, socially or economically, there is no subsidiary substitute for war. In the political realm, war can only be abolished if there is a substitute to social-economic stats. Economically, the government budget will continue to allocate billions of taxpayer’s money to the defense and socially, our people will ask questions, but they will do so in the safety and comfort of their homes and social circles. And they will forget!

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