It is much easier to put existing resources to better use, than to develop resources where they do not exist.

So I think what needs to happen is he needs to be removed from power,

He is actually doing the right thing for himself because he is preserving himself in power, and he puts himself in a position where he can bail out his cronies who are in financial difficulties, including his son and so on,

The main obstacle to further progress on the resource curse is China, and to a lesser extent India.

As I like to put it, we have hit pay dirt. The effort to cure the resource curse is a good example of what private foundations working with NGOs can accomplish.

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.