It is interesting to note that in the face of this decidedly undemocratic behavior (a cache of corrupt military rulers allowing private corporations to raise armies to carry out a genocide in one of your provinces, that is) Nigeria is cited by proponents of corporate globalization as an example forward looking democracy that realizes the benefits of free markets. This was most recently stated by the wanker of wankers, Thomas L. Friedman. What are these people smoking? Oh yeah, the flesh of the world.