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2003-08-10 Africa: West

Taylor gives farewell address in Liberia

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Posted by Frank G 2003-08-10 4:04:36 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Maybe Charlie & 'friends' ~~should~~ will start spreading the word that Prince Johnson's coming home & intends to run for president? "Hmm, suddenly Chuck doesn't seem so bad after all... He may be a mass murderer but at least he doesn't share Johnson's taste for human ears or his penchant for making rather uh...disturbing home movies.

Posted by David 2003-8-10 4:46:16 PM|| 2003-8-10 4:46:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Lets send over the NAACP! Surely they can talk some sense into there 'brothers'. Or even better, send over Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson!

Posted by Charles 2003-8-10 7:32:35 PM|| 2003-8-10 7:32:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 send over Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson!
One to each side? Sounds good to me, but you'd better tell the "peacekeepers" about your exporting that kind of dynamite! Not that it wouldn't be poetic justice - Jackson was a major player in keeping Charlie-boy in power this long.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-8-10 7:56:17 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-8-10 7:56:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) ? In a farewell address to his wartorn nation, President Charles Taylor declared Sunday he would "sacrifice my presidency? to stop bloodshed in Liberia, but added "God willing, I will be back."

...And who - besides those urban-legend guys at NSA who record every broadcast everywhere 24/7 - is watching or listening to Charlie do his MacArthur impression? It sure ain't the poor SOBs who live there without power or radio/TV, and I seriously doubt that even the Liberian army is gathering together in easily targeted little groups to listen.
This is Charlie's legacy...spurring on his equally mosntrous supporters to hold on and hold out until I get back...and BTW, whack the peacekeepers, 'cause they're keeping me from returning.

Mike

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-10 10:12:23 PM|| 2003-8-10 10:12:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Would someone please explain to me what the Hell our US interest is in this shithole of a country?

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-8-10 11:16:20 PM|| 2003-8-10 11:16:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 NMM - You got me. I don't see any US interests at stake either, but Liberia's always been a hottie 'round here. I read the stories for a couple of weeks, but I just don't see it. I guess it's really about Chuck's high entertainment quotient - he is a pistol.

Posted by Â·com 2003-8-10 11:52:17 PM|| 2003-8-10 11:52:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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