Now that South Sudan has voted 99% in favor of separating from the rest of Sudan, the assumption seems to be that all that ethnic clashing is a thing of the past.
Sure. Because in Africa more government means more stability, right? Right.
I can see why the southerners in the country would want to do this, after all, that part of the country has all the oil while the north has all the what exactly? Poverty? Machete factories? God only knows.
We do know one thing though and that's what happens when an oil rich little state is right next to a hell hole looking for a boost. Iraq invaded Kuwait for that sweet black oil and Iraq already had tons of their own oil. This was in the face of the American army and the fact that they just got brutalized for a decade by Iran. Sooner or later, North Sudan is going to realize that they are the ugly chick in a group that includes Ethiopia for gods sake and when they do, it's gonna get ugly.
When you think about it, splitting things in two doesn't really solve problems. Some Americans tried it and we got the Civil War. Ireland? No peace. Korea? Nope. John and Kate? Nope. That divorce just turned one collective, bitchy douche bag into two insufferable cancers. Maybe we should just focus on solving one problem before we turn it into two.
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