In a discussion on Angola on the BBC last night, the 'expert' was saying
that Angola has oil revenue, but there are a handful of Super Rich and the
rest are dirt poor.

Reporter: "Shouldn't we send them more aid?"

Expert: "Aid isn't going to do any good."

Yup, BBC reporter. "Send them more aid"?!?!?! Oil is >$90 a barrel, the
money is being split between a few wealthy people. WTF should we consider
giving more aid?!

Unless the form of aid is guns for the repressed masses, so they can get
rid of the obviously corrupt government and replace it with an actual
government that cares about caring for its people.

And if the rest of the world ponied up and supplied aid to an oil rich
oligopoly, who's going to distribute that aid? The government, that can't
take care of the people with the money it has?

One of the BBC's reporters is an African correspondent; one of the
smartest people I have ever heard. In his first report back in the summer,
he was talking about aid for Africa, and said, if aid did any good at all,
Africa would be the richest continent on Earth...

Since then he has proven himself to be extremely intelligent, a rarity
amongst BBC reporters...