Jesse Jackson: U.S. Is Racist Not to Wage War in Liberia

Newsmax.com ^ | 7-23-03 | Carl Limbacher

[Paul Atreides]

Isn't it fascinating how the same people who so strongly opposed U.S. intervention in Iraq want the exact same thing to happen in Liberia? The charade took a hilarious turn today when Jesse "Shakedown" Jackson piped up.

The Bush administration's reluctance to send more troops to the West African nation proves that race remains "a significant factor," he grumbled today.

"We are turning our backs on Liberia," he said. "Liberia remains a killing field on the back burner."

So why doesn't he go crying to his precious U.N.? And why don't the likes of France and Germany cure the ills of Liberia and the rest of the world?

Jesse, Jesse: Wage peace, not war.

[Calpernia]

>>>>black leadership

make that 'self proclaimed' black leadership. Real leaders don't intentionally keeps others down to profit off of their demise. That is a dictator.

Jesse Jackson and company hate the real black leaders. They could never follow in their footsteps.

[Calpernia]

Awesome link Honorable Threepwood!

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Dirty diamonds

By Michael Barone


What do Jesse Jackson, Pat Robertson, and al Qaeda have in common?

The answer is: They all have been associated with the bloody Liberian dictator Charles Taylor.

The al Qaeda connection is the one that has most recently come to light. In a November 2 Washington Post article, Douglas Farah reported that "the terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden has reaped millions of dollars in the past three years from the illicit sale of diamonds mined by rebels in Sierra Leone." Al Qaeda has been buying the diamonds at below-market rates in Africa and selling them for higher prices in Europe. Diamonds are easy to transport and smuggle, and diamond transactions are hard to trace; al Qaeda evidently increased its purchases in July, presumably in anticipation of its bank accounts being frozen. The diamonds are mined in Sierra Leone by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, who famously hacked off the arms and legs of hundreds of people and built up an army of boys. Since 1998, the diamonds have been sold for cash in Liberia to al Qaeda agents by the RUF's diamond dealer, alleged to be a Libyan-trained Senegalese rebel. There is big money here: A United Nations panel estimated RUF diamond sales in 1999 at $75 million. Farah writes that Taylor receives a commission on each sale in Liberia; Taylor has repeatedly denied this.

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[Travis McGee]

What about Congo, Sudan, Zimabwe, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and all the other imploding African hell holes that are killing fields? Why is Liberia the flavor of the month?

[bigghurtt]

I believe the proper playground taunt here is "takes one to know one".

Jesse Jackson calling anything racist is like Democrats calling Republicans Fascists (oops, attacking a sacred myth!)

[bigghurtt]

If he enelists, I'm predicting an accident in the field. (many of the Black soldiers I know can't stand him)

[tru_degenerate]

It's politics. And Bush walked right into it.

[Susannah]

"Why is Liberia the flavor of the month? "

Because American's are imperialists that are out to establish colonies, and Liberia is one of our early colonies. /sarcasm\

[ShorelineMike]

That is a tautalogical fallacy on Jesse Jackson's part. For him, the US is always racist.

Jesse Jackson is a tautological fallacy.

[the Deejay]

"When is Je$$e Jackass going to enlist?"

Ya beat me to it.