Liberia - The Answer to all of our questions

[ck4829]

I have made a stunning discovery recently and I think that it may prove that something is going on.

RW'ers like to tout Bush's Record.

They say he:

Ousted Saddam

Got North Korea to disarm (not true BTW)

Got Libya to disarm

Got Syria out of Lebanon

I have seen this list many times, there is one thing missing from it. I never, NEVER see a RW'er say that Bush decided to deploy troops in Liberia, bringing some peace to it.

There are 3 things which I don't hate Bush for, and this is one of them. But, the RW'ers ignore Liberia, why?

Want proof of a VRWC, want proof of MIHOP/LIHOP, want proof that at the least something strange is going on?

Look to Liberia.

[OneBlueSky]

1. um . . . can you point to something specific? . . . thanx . . . n/t

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[HamdenRice]

2. Liberia is being handled by the professionals

It's really just my guess, but I think Liberia is not important enough to capture the attention of the neocons or other high level shrub functionaries. When a country is not important, its diplomacy tends to be run by career professionals at the State Department.

At the State Department, there has developed over the last 10 years a strong consensus to support West Africa's strongest state -- namely Nigeria -- and West African multilateral organizations -- namely ECOWAS, Economic Community of West Africa -- to solve the Liberia problem.

Nigeria made a lot of missteps in the early 1990s, but since Nigeria elected as president, former General Obasanjo -- a really good guy, a kind of west African Mandela, former political prisoner and the only military leader of Nigeria ever to voluntarily return the country to civilian rule -- they've done a pretty good job at trying to bring stability to the region.

If State's solution involves sending a few Marines to support ECOWAS troops, the Pentagon will usually go along.

I wouldn't credit this to bush, but the career professionals at the West Africa desk of the State Department.