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So. Africa: Mandela won’t meet with Bush
Hat tip to LGF:
President George W. Bush is about to make a very important trip to Africa, and it already looks as if the conflict in Iraq will follow him there. Former South African President Nelson Mandela, seen by many as Africa's most important elder statesman, said he will not meet with Bush during his trip to Africa. Mr. Mandela, a vocal critic of anything Amerikkan the Iraq war, said Friday it was wrong for Bush to circumvent the United Nations and overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by force, and praised French President Jacques Chirac for his opposition to sending troops to the area.
So much for even formerly deserving Peace Prize members. Senility's so sad, first they think they're Bonaparte, then they act out like him, but enough about Chirac
"Since the creation of the United Nations there has not been a World War since 1945. Therefore for anybody, especially the leader of a superstate, to act outside the United Nations is something that must be condemned by everybody who wants peace," Mandela told reporters after a meeting with French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin. Reuters reports that the White House had no comment on Mandela's remarks. But in conservative circles, Mandela is not as highly regarded as he is by others, so it may not bother Bush that much if Mandela doesn't want to see him. Michael Ladeen, writing about Mandela earlier this year in The National Review, expressed great admiration for him as a person, but called Mandela's attitude towards foreign policy "his greatest failure."
Nelson? Any comments on Comrade Bob Mugabe? What about necklacing? anything but anti-American spew? How's the ex-wife?
Posted by: Frank G 2003-06-29
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