jaggernaut wrote:Yaani you people can support a guy who who took power via a coup, banned political parties and trade unions, and nationalized natural resources. That was another tin pot communist dictator in the making. Good that they took him out early enough. Reminds me of Le General Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku wa Nzambanga of Zaire. Sad.
Sometimes a coup is justified especially when democractic elections are not an option or are forbidden. Many coups in African have made the country better. The coups against Iddi Amin and Obote made Uganda better.
There are also several military rulers who after the coup, peacefully handed over the reigns to elected civilian rulers e.g. Obasanjo in 1979.
The coups that make African countries worse are usually those done at the behest of western countries.
And your prediction about him are baseless. It shows you haven't the slightest clue. There is literally nothing comparable between Mobutu and Sankara. In fact they are polar opposites: Sankara paid himself a monthly salary of $450 per month. Contrast this with Mobutu who looted everything in sight. You speak like someone who knows literally nothing about African history and is just making generalizations.