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Old 07-08-2008, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Skippy View Post
The British left, and when they did they pulled out in a hurry and took most of the educated people with them. When a country is suddenly out of a ruling class AND a proffesional class, it tends to go south rather quickly. It's happened lots of places.
Ahh the good old British empire, two points:

1. Its the Brits fault so if anyone cares enough to try to fix them, they should.
2. To bad the British Empire fell apart, it kept a lot of crappy areas of the world inline, and under their thumb.
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