It is so nice to see that Chet Crocker is still "constructively engaged." Steven Zahniser [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 19 May 1997, Mark Weisbrot wrote: > "The point is that we and our friends control the keys to the clubs and the > treasuries that Kabila will need to tap if he is going to rebuild the > country -- the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, our development > funds, and those of the Europeans." > > -- Chester Crocker, former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa from > 1981 to 1989 and now a professor at Georgetown University, explaining why > the US would still have "a tremendous amount of influence" over the new > government in Zaire, despite having installed and helped to maintain one of > the most corrupt dictatorships on earth in that country for the last 32 > years. (NYT, Saturday, May 17,1997, p.A6)
