By saying all this, I am not suggesting that there is any one model of democracy which we must copy. Necessarily, we have to take into account the specific conditions in our countries to find the organisational forms which, while addressing those specific conditions, nevertheless still live up to the perspective that the people shall govern. As part of this, clearly we must also respond to what Nelson Mandela said a week ago when he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations, that we must fight against and defeat what he described as the deification of arms, the seemingly entrenched view that to kill another person is a natural way of advancing one's cause or an obviously correct manner by which to resolve disputes.
Kusema kweli hakuna nchi yoyote mwanachama wa NATO inahitaji kuanzisha ama kumiliki kituo kikubwa cha kijeshi kama vile inavyokusudiwa na AFRICOM kwa sababu nchi hizi tayari yana vituo vyao na wanaweza kunufaishwa na mipango baina ya nchi zao na nchi binafsi za Afrika. Mbali na hapo sifa ya majeshi za takriban nchi zote za barani imezorota kwa sababu ya uhusiano wa karibu na wafanyi biashara wa kijeshi kutoka kwa nchi za kibeberu na kibepari ambao wana sifa mbaya ya kueneza njama za kigaidi zinazoenea popote ambapo kuna ukosefu wa maendeleo.