In praise of Bush
A good article by John Cole at Balloon Juice:
Reading about the celebrations in Kenya over the election of Obama, I came across this reminder:
Mr Obama’s victory is being celebrated across the continent.
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it showed “that for people of colour, the sky is the limit”.
The BBC’s world affairs correspondent Adam Mynott says Mr Obama will inherit a foreign policy legacy in Africa that has been one of the high points of the George Bush administration.
Earlier this year President Bush toured through five African nations and people greeted him in their thousands to applaud him for America’s huge contribution in the fight against HIV/Aids.
Since its launch five years ago, his Aids relief programme has spent more than $15bn dollars (£9.5bn) on the continent and saved many thousands of lives.
