Quote Originally Posted by KingJaja View Post
Its also an engineering principle. A structure is only as strong as its weakest member.

Having said that, nations are not armies or machinery.
I knew there was something about you - we are both mechanical engineers

Having spent a lot of time in both Bangui and Yaounde I can say they are doing quite well despite their large and inhospitable neighbors and lack of coast line. But, if they are dependent on say the DRC getting up and running with a relatively miniscule coastline, then, the CAR is in a lot of trouble.

I won't even begin to compare the politically-driven relationships with the US, Mexico and Canada to that of the CAR. There's no remote comparison and the economic "powers to be" in the West can't even begin to fathom what most Africans deal with.