This is Part 2 of the CART Analysis and will include African American leaders who have betrayed the interests of their own in exchange for the benefits of Wall Street. This part of the CART Analysis is from: New US Military Command for Africa Focuses on Partnership By Malcolm Brown Djibouti 09 May 2007 Africa: Next US Oil War Venue By Bruce Dixon Thursday, 10 May 2007 Africa parliament says Ethiopia to fail in Somalia Thu 10 May 2007, 16:22 GMT By Bate Felix With regards to the massive killings in Somalia, there hasn’t been hardly a word from the Civil Rights era of Black leadership among the African Americans. Are they “at ease in Zion”? Do they lack the courage? Are they a part of the “I got mine” mentality and consistently do little or nothing to assure that Black people are uplifted? This is betrayal. It should not come as a shock that traditional African American leadership is silent about America’s murderous agenda in Somalia and Africa as a whole. These same individuals served as the leadership as many Black youth were slaughtered and imprisoned across America. This is a direct indictment on that leadership. One key characteristic of good leadership is having the vision to see what is in front of you and your people and make the course adjustments. Most of this leadership is more focused on the following: Partying Conventions Vacations Celebrations Recognition All of the above requires money and financial resources. Ask most of them their favorite all time party song. Most would probably say, Kool and The Gang’s, “Celebrate”. The party is over and the undertaker is rolling. It takes courage to stand up for that which is right, especially when it is against the power and might of the American government now run by brazen criminals in key areas. Where is the Congressional Black Caucus, especially you African American men? Perhaps this is why a heavy and cruel hand was brought against Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana (remember the so-called $100,000 in the freezer and the deal with Africans?), while most of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus lowered themselves like spineless cowards. To all of their surprises, not mine, Congressman Jefferson, a very powerful Black attorney, was re-elected by a landslide. The greater problem is with Black leadership, not the millions who are presumed led by them. The Black Congressional Caucus has remained silent. Jesse Jackson is silent. Andrew Young is silent. The Southern Christian Leadership is silent. Al Sharpton is silent. Black America is silent. Pointing out their silence is not to say that they are the leadership in the 21^st Century that will bring the virulent agendas of the Investor Class of America and others that was spawned of it, into check. The new leadership is communicating to millions via the internet in writing, pictures and videos. It is little wonder that Viacom is suing YouTube. Blacks are spending more and more time with YouTube than with BET and the other programs Viacom was certain it would maintain a hold on, dumbing down Black youth with slick emotion generating images for imitation. The new communications medias are instantaneous and packed with facts about the Black Universe and the purpose for unity. It is building an international community where the Black Universe builds upon the wide range of genius within it, no longer held in check by physical boundaries. Some say, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. When the sea changes, all old dogs learn new tricks by moving to higher ground or they will perish. If you were to sit in on a conversation between the average Black from the Civil Rights generation, and if they are well paid, and the conversation is about a vacation – in most cases you would probably hear a discussion about Paris or somewhere else in Europe. Imagine that, have we been so assimilated into what hated us, and many still do, that we only feel “Black on the outside”? With regards to the “trying to be white” nonsense - You are either right or you are wrong. You either have your act together or you don’t. You either want to learn and gain knowledge or you don’t. There are a tremendous number of Whites who are as dumb as the sun is hot. Good leadership is effective in teaching the youth that: Hip hop is not the savior Basketball and football is not the answer Education is not going to assure a good paying job without applying ones self Jesus or Allah is not going to do a thing for you if you don’t do for self Staying on your knees most often causes sore knees and rebellious children There will be more in Part 3 with focus on Bruce Dixon’s article, “Africa: Next US Oil War Venue”.
If Africa Command ever has to go beyond training and take direct military action in Africa, there will be inevitable echoes of the ill-fated American intervention in Somalia in the early 1990s.	Winning the “Terrorist” Jackpot Why mention the ruse of 1991 called Operation Restore Hope when the American military is directly involved in killing Somalis in Somalia? In January, 2007, on two occasions an American AC-130 aircraft attacked civilians in the Kismayu area of Somalia under the assertion of attacking “terrorists”. Of course, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, like the former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, was screaming, “terrorists”. Into Iraq America jumped, head first without much thought. If you are an African leader, invoking the “terrorist” word is like winning the jackpot. The Bush Administration comes running with lots of money and military might to crush your opposition. In Kismayu, after the American military killed at least 70 civilians, not one was identified as a terrorist.
Good Works or Distractions According to one prominent critic of U.S. African policy, Washington's more recent actions in Somalia are already undoing the good works of the troops in Djibouti. John Prendergast is senior adviser to the International Crisis Group.	Focused African Solution The “good works” of the troops in Djibouti is simply a pretext for the real agenda of the American policy makers. These policy makers are in-step with the imperialist policies of Britain at its most imperial era. That does not bode well for Africa, if we do not move to action to educate the Black masses about the real plan and, secondly, a plan of action. For more than a year, I have proposed that the African Union bring together a Collective Cartel consisting of four categories: Oil & Gas Strategic Metals Chromium Cobalt Manganese Platinum Gems & Diamonds Cocoa & Coffee Beans There may be a decision to include medicinal products from African plants and animals as a 5^th category. Since proposing this, I have seen the beginnings of an African Diamond Cartel and there is talk of a Gas Cartel. For it to be effective and inclusive, it must include all of the products I listed above.
“Double-Minded Man is Unstable in All His Ways” "You can't sit there and analyze only what the right hand is doing when the left hand has got a whole other agenda," says Prendergast. "We're firing rockets into southern Somalia in the middle of this invasion by the Ethiopians. We can't then point to all the nice wells we built last year. People don't care. They see the United States once again attacking a Muslim country, looking out for number one and its interest."	America’s Corporate Interest Is Not Africa’s Interest "The Islamic Courts weren't routed," Prendergast says, "they just tactically withdrew. Why would these guys sacrifice thousands of their fighters when they could just go underground. The TFG has almost no military muscle of its own, it relies almost entirely on Ethiopia and a few warlords like Aidid." Murk of War John Prendergast As you can see, John Prendergast who is senior adviser to the International Crisis Group, is a bit upset about what is happening to the many years of pacification by one element of the American military. All the same, he is correct in his assessment. Another element of the American military is murdering Somali men, women and children. His statement about the American military “firing rockets into southern Somalia” supports what I have stated with regards to the Death & Hell side of America. Then there is the betraying agenda of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi as Ethiopian troops carried out America’s policy against the Somali people. The African people’s interest is not more death & hell on top of what is already present. The people want peace and they want and deserve to choose their leaders without military force.
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) also said in a report that Ethiopian military support for Somali government forces against Islamist insurgents was "doomed to failure"….. "The Islamic Courts issue was always largely deployed by Ethiopian and the Transitional Federal Government as a way of winning U.S. approval," it said. "This was the way in which Somalia's domestic power struggles could be internationalised".	Screaming Terrorists = Jackpot The Pan African Parliament serves in advisory capacity to the African Union. The narrow-sighted agenda of President Abdullahi Yusuf of Somalia was to acquire the money and military support to crush opposition in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. It is widely known that to claim there are terrorists in your country in Africa could help you to win the jackpot with the American Treasury being the payer. It so happens that the opposition consists mainly of the Hawiye clan group, not Darood which President Abdullahi Yusuf is a part of. Most young Somalis knew nothing about this clanism until the killing started. These are old men selling out the future of the youth. American dollars, training, some direct military attacks, and the Ethiopian army were exactly what President Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Gedi needed. Without such, these men simply did not have the power or the support of the people to rule Somalia. They still don’t and foreign militaries cannot remain in Somalia for any extended period of time to protect him and members of Parliament who invited the foreign militaries. Ugandan troops have not been paid most of the money they were promised and will not remain in Somalia under those conditions. No other African nations are willing to put troops into Somalia. Why? It is mostly because they know President Abdullahi Yusuf is not for a unified Somalia but more for using clan division to keep the country in chaos. This gives American corporate interest in having the American government continued funding of the chaos under the guise of fighting terrorism. The Ethiopian and American militaries slaughtered well over a thousand men, women and children in Somalia. America did its dirty deed in the southern part of Somalia. America did have troops on the ground. America did use Ethiopian territory to launch some of these strikes. America did use some of Kenya’s territory to launch some of these strikes. Every African Chamber of Commerce should be concerned about integrity more than American State Department and corporate monetary favors. As stated, at this moment, the Ugandan troops, in Somalia, under the banner of the African Union, have not been paid most of the money they were promised. That amount was supposed to be $500 per month for each soldier, paid by the U.S. government. Ugandan troops really aren’t present under the blessings of the African Union but the blessings of the Bush Administration. One must wonder why America hasn’t paid them most of their money. Might it be because the Ugandans, generally, refrained from fighting the Somali people but did become involved with distributing water and other assistance to the people? Imagine how President Bush would respond after learning that a proxy military was not doing what his administration was cheering the Ethiopian military for doing. Do I hear a bit of that “shock and awe” of Iraq rumbling in the background within the borders of Somalia? America appears to have simply held up the payments. Perhaps Ugandan troops should get nasty with the Somali people and then they will receive those monies. Afterall, after Ethiopian troops fired missiles and bullets into civilian homes and businesses in Mogadishu, killing well over one thousand, the Bush Administration “blessed” them by waiving the banned shipment of arms from North Korea.