Bush an Activist for Africa

Keep this in mind the next time Dr. Dean or other assorted liberal nutjobs call President Bush "Hitler" or say he doesn't care about the poor.

WASHINGTON - Africa has received intermittent U.S. attention over the decades, with periods of neglect interspersed with spasms of activity. To the surprise of many, President Bush has been very much in the latter camp.

As he heads into the Group of Eight summit meeting this week in Scotland, Bush seems almost to have a fixation with getting the troubled continent on the right track.

..."Helping those who suffer and preventing the senseless death of millions of people in Africa is a central commitment of my administration's foreign policy," Bush said recently, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his side.

...Bush's own Africa aid targets are far higher than any previous administration's.

...Bush has sought $15 billion over five years to combat AIDS, mostly in Africa. On Thursday, Bush called for spending $1.2 billion to cut malaria deaths in half by 2010 in Africa.

Africa also is prospectively the largest beneficiary of a Bush foreign assistance initiative that rewards countries that are led by effective governments.

BUSH HAS DONE MORE FOR AFRICA THAN ANY OTHER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.