Rob van Riel wrote:

(Jeffrey Smidt) wrote in message om...
(Rob van Riel) wrote in message
Liberia is a different country than Congo, so I fail to see the
connection with 'cleaning up the mess in Congo'. As far as I can tell,
the disaster know as Liberia came about as a result of US racism
induced colonialism.


Rob

And what country do you come from? Seems racism and colonialism is
hardly a US invention not a soul distributor thereof.

The Netherlands, which has seen more than its fair share of dirty
deeds done in its name throughout several hundred years of colonial
history. I never meant to imply that the US is historically more (or
less) flawed than any other nation.

If all nations were indeed equal, the UN might actually work. And Libya as head of the
UNCHR wouldn't be a sad joke. (They aren't, and it is.)

The post I was replying to, however, seemed to hold up Liberia, of all
places, as a shining example of US benevolent and beneficial
interference. If that's the best the US has ever produced (and I don't
believe it is), it has a very shoddy record indeed.

The post prior implied France was praiseworthy for its most recent intervention,
ignoring the results of its past adventures. (But hopefully it at least can't do worse
than in Rwanda.) I for one would be quite happy to hold up a record of US non
interference in Africa, but it looks like we're going to embark on another road paved
with good intentions . . . (And hopefully we can't do worse than Somalia.)

rgds,
KTF