Added: Aug 20, 2008

From: bizarreworld123

Duration: 6:10

At the highest intensity of the cold war in the 1960s, the CIA toppled Lumumba, Nkrumah and African leaders who fostered 'non-alligned' partnerships. In the Congo, the United States government used Joseph Mobutu as a satellite against what was called "threat of Communism" for nearly 30 years.Also known as Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga, Mobutu was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s. His mismanagement of his country's economy was characterized by enriching himself off the country's resources, and off billions of dollars from innocent Americans' tax money that was siphoned by successive administrations of the United States government.~

Channel: Education

Tags: assassination  cia  congo  coup  embezzlement  hunger  lbj  lumumba  mobutu  nkrumah  riots  states  theft  u.s.  united  zaire 

Rating: 5.00 (2 ratings)    Views: 4784' favoriteCount='10    Comments: 8

regisbiass Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - SAD, SAD, SAD, SAD, SAD

livada Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I wanna watch the all video, can i have the name of it please?Thank you

goraddy Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - yes, if anyone has this video, please post!

mastki2000 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - his money came from USA? you are such a liar or uneducated!

noelmpz Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Ok,,, i think i have to say this, Zaire was and still one of the richest country in africa (not for the population but...), and one of the reason the us wanted to be aside of mobutu was the strategic position of zaire against urss and all the diamonds and gold and... this country has. Don't tell me i'm a fool because you know this is the truth. Money was coming from the congo to the us not the contrary.

mastki2000 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Americans think everything the ousiders have was donated by the USA,all the money from cobalt , gold, diamond couldn't make him rich! America is a blessed country but its people are becoming arrogants. God who blesses hates arrogance

bizarreworld123 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - mastki2000,Assume I give you my country's diamonds and resources worth $100 billion & you give me $2 billion in cash which I pocket for myself. Since my country's natural resources are worth more than your cash, can I claim that I never took any money from you? This video gives u a slice of the facts that relate to U.S. payments to Mobutu (check the title and description). This video does NOT suggest that the U.S. never benefitted from Congo's resources. Your intepretation is out of place.

EsotericDesi Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - White people brought him to power and they kept him in power... I don't know why this fuckin' reporter was so "shocked" and that Republican politician either.

H2JKAY Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Americans population think that their government don't like dictators. What they do not know is that their country has created, breeded, supported and invited dictators at the white house. Leave africa alone