It's instructive that the irony completely escaped Obama too, and for exactly the same reasons.

I could explain how the societies in Africa are the result of a specific set of ideologies and beliefs on the relationship between the State and the citizen, and the role of individuals, but I've tried to go down that route before and it's a dead end.

Corruption and bribery? Would that be politicians trading political favors for money, and sacrificing principles and economic prosperity in return for raw power? Good thing we don't see anything like that around here.

Africa is just a bit further down the road than we are. The sad part is that nobody is learning from the examples.