At the risk of going of topic....

People have been willing to die. In Zimbabwe farmers have been murdered defending their lands, treason plots are staged to remove the opposition, the penalty for which is death. Thousands of years to develop? I don't think so, if most of Europe and the U.S hadn't swooped in and made many African nations colonies of slaves at a crucial time of their development maybe they would have evolved faster as a society. Natural resources are another problem for emerging nations. By the way I wouldn't have to read between the lines if you didn't make such sweeping statements about Africa. BE MORE SPECIFIC MAN!!!!!

A war will never be started for any other reason than for power, greed, anger, or hatred. Period.
Edit: I'd say that was a much more accurate statement than your first. I'd agree with that.

I agree with Unne (strangely), it is impossible to Police the World. The lives you save are as valuable as lives you don't save, unfortunately circumstance plays a huge part in who lives and who dies. Perhaps the U.N. should be doing more to help the Sudanese and the Zimbabweans. But post Iraq, are the U.N impotent. Hmm well that's a whole new story.