Bob Geldof writes a love letter to George W. Bush.
(Yes, it’s as undignified and delusional as you’d expect):
On Air Force One, Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Bobby Pittman, the National Security Council adviser for Africa, and I stayed awake as the pitch night engulfed us, only punctuated by the giant orange gas flares on the Gulf of Guinea. We ate our popcorn, drank our Cokes and watched Batman Begins as the airspace was cleared for miles around us. America was flying through the warm African night and I was hitching a ride on her.
Bob Geldof has done a lot more to raise awareness about unmet need in Africa over the last two decades than just about any other person outside of Africa. If he says that George Bush has done just one good thing in relation to Africa, I’d be inclined to believe him. And no, I’m not a Geldof groupy, I loathe his music.
Frankly we should be relieved that there is even one thing not to dislike ‘W’ for.