Welcome South Sudan to the World! Now about that oil...

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America's pleased about the planet's newest country - South Sudan - since our foreign policy has pushed for it's creation since Shrub was president.

Make no mistake, it is all about the oil.

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/07/09/south_sudan_celebrates_new_nation_status.html

'Created in a war-ravaged region of Africa, the continent’s 54th state declared its newfound independence in front of a broad delegation of dignitaries, including Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe — both accused war criminals.'

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'The Sudan People’s Liberation Army, a guerrilla force, represents the new country’s political and military power. Recent skirmishes in the Nuba Mountains along the long fault line between north and south, which represents not only religious but ethnic differences, have created widespread unease.

Add that to a still-unresolved negotiation on splitting revenues from oil-rich wells in the south, and some worry that there is a still-potent recipe for full-on war. At least in word, however, leaders promised peace.'