Was Obama aware of American corporate support? If so why didn't he make it publicly known?
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How aware was she her actions were not to be condoned by those with great power, and were her actions not condoned by those with incredible sway in the Government? Were there any laws that were not being enforced which are now being enforced with reference to past actions? If yes and she is guilty, should she merely be fined an amount commensurate with the legal wrong – and should this be taking into account the norms in business in the places she was working
If she is not be charged a large fine that is in correspondence with any legal wrong, should such be no way right?
The alleged infringements, they are not minor – and such as that, it cannot be wrong to think?
@M. C. Major It cannot be wrong to think as regards infringements – that those alleged were not minor?
@M. C. Major It cannot be wrong to think, regarding such infringements, those believed to have occurred are/were in any way not just –
Were any laws not being enforced? Was she led through lax thinking to see her actions as privileges – as benefits – she might choose to make use of?
If yes and she is guilty, should she merely be fined an amount commensurate with the legal wrong – and should this be taking into account the norms in business in the places she was working
If she is not be charged a large fine that is in correspondence with any legal wrong, should such be no way right?
@M. C. Major If she is not to be charged a fine – that will not be wrong? And such should be right?
She shouldn’t have, for any crime contravening accepted practice in her country she requires a penalty
Any crime that contravened accepted practice in accordance with the laws of her state – this requires a penalty. Laws may be written only: that is not right?
It's interesting that she is a woman. There seems to me some idea in the air these days that if a woman were in charge, the world would be a better place. That seems to be some of the argument put forward by those that like to count the number of women that head boards, the number of women that hold elected office, etc. Her awful disregard for her country and her self-enrichment at the expense of millions of her compatriots belies this. Women can be bad, just like men. Surprise!! Can we all agree to just choose to pick the best person for a given job and not over-emphasize the identity politics?
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would be nice if the UK and Portuguese governments cracked down on her as well.
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Her punishment should be to live in the poverty that most Angolans live in everyday.
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Is it just me, or does Isabel dos Santos appear to be Africa’s Ivanka Trump..?
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Just because you are charged does not automatically mean it is a “political persecution” as you claim. Show yourself and face a trial.
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'Ms. dos Santos recently denied any wrongdoing in an interview with the BBC, calling the inquiry into her finances a “political persecution.”'
No doubt. Her billions are apparently fruit of her hard work only, without any corruption, embezzlement and such.
Back to the real world, the key question here is how to force her to attend trial and whatever follows it (sentence or acquittal). Or, she will be laughing all the way to the bank, enjoying her hard earned billions. Which is very likely to be the case, since, as we all know, justice applies selectively.
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Earlier this decade, I worked for U.S.A.I.D and had visited Luanda on several occasions as part of my responsibilities. The poverty there was even worse then what I had seen in other African countries. Further, the Angolan staff with whom I visited told me repeatedly of the corruption of their president and his family. I was appalled that a country so rich in resources could not share some of its wealth with the population. President DosSantos had reportedly built himself a walled city outside of Luanda for himself and his family so they did not have to endure the sight of poverty. I walked on streets lined with craters from bombs from the civil wars yet to be repaired; buildings still had pockmarks from guns. Children played in puddles whose contents I could only guess.
This is what unlimited presidential power brings,
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@Deborah Miller yeah, but those potholes the kids played in and that you rode over in your USAID air-conditioned land cruiser have a deeper origin than the corruption story, as deplorable as it is. Who poured all of those guns and bombs into Angola...hmmm US agency for international what? The corruption story is an easy way for the US to silence and forget our role in the devastating civil war that prevented Angola from creating its own way forward, its own future. Where is the moral and reparative history of that US involvement? Where is a recognition of that responsibility and respect to the victims of the past? Now the US can lament corruption and wash its hands of all the US based private consulting firms that facilitate this theft.
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Isabel dos Santos is plainly identifiable as corrupt, yet I'm not aware of any attempt to stop or hold the $38 million in US aid provided to Angola in 2018. Nor am I aware of the U.S. President investigating the American companies that enabled her theft. There's dozens of other crooks like dos Santos that brazenly corrupt their national government for personal gain, but still receive money from the US Government.
If President Trump was so concerned about international corruption, he'd have went after much bigger fish than Hunter Biden. Ipso facto President Trump is not at all concerned with corruption.
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@Buck Biro Thank you. I came here to post the same thoughts.
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Children of politicians, epic corruption and third world countries - Plus ca change.
Surprise quotient - zero.
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