Mandela Goes Crazy
Remember way back in September when I linked to an article where Nelson Mandela criticized the US for not going to the UN in relation to the Iraq situation? Of course you don't. Here's what Mandela said on Sept 2, 2002: We are really appalled by any country, whether a superpower or a small country, that goes outside the U.N. and attacks independent countries," Mandela said before meeting with French President Jacques Chirac at his Johannesburg home.
Of course, shortly after that, the US went to the UN and got another resolution and inspections, yadda yadda yadda. 5 months later, we haven't attacked anybody and 8 European leaders have signed a 'petition' supporting our position. So Mandela ought to be cool with the whole scenerio now, right? I mean, we did what he wanted - we went to the UN and made our argument. Of course, Mandela wasn't expecting our argument to carry the day so he's still pissed.
Today he says: "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America." Speaking at the International Women's Forum, Mandela said, "One power with a president who has no foresight -- who cannot think properly -- is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust."
Lets get a replay of that: "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America." Not Germany's attempted extermination of the Jews. Not even his own country's Apartheid. Its the US that is the king of unspeakable atrocities of the world. Yeah.
Of course, shortly after that, the US went to the UN and got another resolution and inspections, yadda yadda yadda. 5 months later, we haven't attacked anybody and 8 European leaders have signed a 'petition' supporting our position. So Mandela ought to be cool with the whole scenerio now, right? I mean, we did what he wanted - we went to the UN and made our argument. Of course, Mandela wasn't expecting our argument to carry the day so he's still pissed.
Today he says: "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America." Speaking at the International Women's Forum, Mandela said, "One power with a president who has no foresight -- who cannot think properly -- is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust."
Lets get a replay of that: "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America." Not Germany's attempted extermination of the Jews. Not even his own country's Apartheid. Its the US that is the king of unspeakable atrocities of the world. Yeah.
# | January 30, 2003