tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37905087.post1666486936813768713..comments2024-02-25T05:50:30.285-05:00Comments on The Human Trafficking Project: Obama's Visit to Former Slave Outpost in Ghana and Old and New SlaveryJHakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11141025201617247428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37905087.post-12492176779116832652009-07-13T12:36:10.648-04:002009-07-13T12:36:10.648-04:00The push factors behind trafficking from developin...The push factors behind trafficking from developing countries is far more complicated than what was listed in the post. And combatting trafficking and raising standards of living will take a lot more than eloquent rhetoric. If you read the speech as a whole, there is much more nuance than what is listed here. I had to take the paragraphs out of context in order to highlight the parts that dealt Buffalo Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02836266865357161216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37905087.post-58086728933507815172009-07-12T13:21:31.124-04:002009-07-12T13:21:31.124-04:00But corruption in Africa is largely a legacy of co...But corruption in Africa is largely a legacy of colonialism that left in place murderous regimes to act as intermediaries in exploiting African resources. Weaponry, large and small, has poured into Africa from its old colonial masters, as well as its new ones. Obama may be sincere about fighting human trafficking, but the conditions that make trafficking profitable have a lot to do with the Jay Taberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016367021003977811noreply@blogger.com