Candis Little/Bush, in Africa, Emphasizes Successes Over Conflicts/ 02/22/07/12:48a.m/ethnic conflict

Even though I have never been a big fan of President George Bush, this situation made me not even have a little respect for him. As I have reported in the past, Kenya and other nations have been fighting constantly. For the past few days, Bush has been on a six-day tour of the continent. Because of this violence, Bush has announced on Saturday, that he has decided not to visit these nations, Kenya and Sudan. I feel that he should not exclude any nation under any circumstance but on the other hand I guess he is trying to protect himself because it has gotten so bad. So many people are dieing and Bush does not want to be another statistic. But I feel that he somehow tried to cover it up by stating that “he wanted to focus instead on the successes like his programs to fight AIDS and malaria.” I would have rather for him to say that he was trying to protect himself instead of trying to protect his image. It is said that the “White House spent much of Saturday fending off suggestions that the president should be more engaged as a peacekeeper.” But in my opinion, in order to keep the peace with the nations, he should have went even for a few hours so that no one would be offended. But in all it was his decision and I just hope that violence would not be started with the United States over this because we have plenty to worry about all ready.