All three sides have committed horrible atrocities on the civilian population. Taylor, the president of Liberia, came into power after 10 years in the jungle. Since coming to power in 1998 he has supported rebellions in the surroung countries, creating or supporting rebel groups. One the groups take over an area especially the diamond producing regions, Taylor supporters take over the resource mines etc, and use the diamonds etc to finance further unrest. Al Queda operative have been there buying diamonds for hiding cash etc.
Now for the real kicker, remember Pat Robertson of the Christian Coalition? One of his companies has been a very big supporter of Taylor's diamond mining efforts. Robertson has in effect been directly supporting terrorist groups. Yes the government has not touched him or his companies. I wonder why? In a nutshell however the US has a very long standing relationship with Liberia. And to some extent is still responsible for it. It should live up to its responsibility. larry >We've been asked for help. I don't know enough about the situation there >yet to have an opinion on the right thing to do, but if we decline to help >it will in my opinion cast suspicion on the clain that our purpose in Iraq >was to further democracy. > >Dana > >> > Dana, >> > >> > Liberia is in the middle of a civil war. Why should we >>intervene? Should we >> > have intervened in Somalia? I don't think so. I don't think we should >> > intervene in Liberia either. >> > >> > Kevin >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
