Successful 2004 coup in Equatorial Guinea

Well, a vicious cannibalistic despot would no longer be in power and some oil contracts would get shifted around.

Beyond that, I don't know. I probably ought to read the Wiki.
 
is thatcher's son still implicated? or no? no scandel
I wouldint know how that would directly affect 2008 but it may always butterfly thing either into the scene or out

lets be fanciful a bidding war between russian/islamic/chinese and western oil companys over rights butterflys into low intensity support of rival insurgancys throughout africa
 
lets be fanciful a bidding war between russian/islamic/chinese and western oil companys over rights butterflys into low intensity support of rival insurgancys throughout africa

That's an interesting possibility. The De Beers diamond company supported the Angolan government's war against UNITA b/c they disliked UNITA's selling of "conflict diamonds" that undercut their monopoly, even though the Angolan government is (in theory) Marxist.
 
of course I want to say "does it really matter if some numb nut african cannibal king is overthrown early before the traditional bi-monthly coup"

of course we all remember that butterfly who DIDINT FLY INTO A SPIDERS NEST" and managed to fly for 8 more hours, in the year 1900. this slight change to air patternssnow balled into the great typhoon of 05 , sinking the japanise fleet and leading to the victory of russia in the russia-japan war :D
 
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