The xenophobic attacks in our very recent history have been spoken about by many people from many perspectives, so I'll avoid the issue as much as I can, except to say that our president is an idiot, and perceptions in the world today are that he is morally bankrupt – I tend to share that worldview.
Wow, that was a long, drawn-out sentence. Kind of like the long, drawn-out sentences our president used in a speech this week in Japan. Yes, Japan. He's the other side of the sea talking about African Development.
Excuse me while I drown in irony.
*glug*
*blup*
*poit*
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For your perusal:
http://free.financialmail.co.za/08/0523/cover/coverstory.htm
Explains pretty much what everyone things, yet sometimes don't say.