Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Bush in Iraq resembles Leipold in the Congo

Adam Hochschild, author of "King Leopold's Ghost: a Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa", wrote an open letter to King President George about the resemblances between Leopold's exploitation of the Congo and Bush's exploitation of Iraq. Go read it in the LA Times 12-22-2006. It's short, but quite interesting.

If the book Hochschild wrote interests you (as it does me) and you have time to read it (I don't - I'm working on WW I prinarily) here is a link to the book at Barnes and Noble.
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

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