I think you can add Africa to the list.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/10243 "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
On the one hand they "HATE" the US - on the other it's where most of them would want to emigrate.
The Iranian leadership wants two things: respect, and secure borders.
The Iranian people want the material liefstyle they see on their illegal satellite TV's. "Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
Of course, much of the potential benefit of US leadership in Southern Africa is helping to keep US corporations on a shorter leash, and in order to be able to do that, its necessary to have a US Government that wants to keep US corporations on a shorter leash. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
