As long as colonialism was allowed to reign and fester in Africa, it was going to be a source of tension, if not war, as was evidenced by World War I itself, which, among other things, featured Germany on one side of the barricades and Britain, which had come earlier to the table of colonial plunder, on the other.
Gerald HorneAfrica, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict.
Gerald HorneCuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.
Gerald HorneI think that even though we should always welcome allies within the four corners of the United States, we shouldn't limit our allies to the four corners of the United States. I think that would be a grave mistake.
Gerald Horne