I have no problems with increasing aid to africa from a national security perspective. The safest thing this country could do is to promote democracy and economic stability around the world, it makes Islamo-fascism and terrorism much less appealing. I don't see this as a racial issue, at all. In simple point of fact, Africa was destabilized by the colonialism of Europe and has never recovered. Destabilized regions = safe harbor for mayhem and terror. Numerous terrorist actions directed at U.S. interests have occurred in Africa.
We have an obligation not only to our own safety, but also from a human rights/well-being perspective to address some of the crises that are occurring in African nations.
|