Comments on: Naomi Campbell’s Testimony Moved to August 5; Issa Sesay Says He Was Made Interim Leader Of The RUF By West African Leaders, Not Charles Taylor Alone

By: Jerice Lynch

Jerice Lynch — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:56:40 +0000

The West was not behind Mr. Taylor. The West did not ask Mr. Taylor to overthrow his government. This has nothing to do with black vs white.
35 years ago when I knew Mr. Taylor, he was planning an overthrow at that time and freely spoke about it in America where he was receiving his education. He was in his 20′s when he started to plan this. This was his plan, his plan alone and he started to get his backers while in America.
Please do not put a race on this, do not blame the West, do not blame America. It is something that Mr. Taylor wanted.

By: cee

cee — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:55:42 +0000

Momo,
well said mate,to some of our educated deem wits in Africa the path to rightiousness is through the wisdom of the Europeans…..How complacent can one get.

I think the mindset of some africans to easily hand over their brothers and sisters to be sacrficed by Europeans is been there for a while,look at the slave trade.

And these people knows how to play this out,they’ve been doing it for 500years.

By: noko5

noko5 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:59:09 +0000

AYE!!!!!Cen,
Can you give me a piece of your brain please…..You spoke like ISAAC NEWTON…good thinking..

By: Tracey Gurd

Tracey Gurd — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:42:01 +0000

Nosirrah — thanks so much for your understanding.

best,
Tracey

By: Nosirrah

Nosirrah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:25:29 +0000

Tracy;
That is fair; you can scratch the comment.

By: Aki

Aki — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:17:16 +0000

Eagle Eye Return,
I just want a simple yes or no answer from you. Without all of the international support the Ellen Sirleaf government has gotten. Do you think she could have done anything better than Taylor Did? Remember we Liberians were punished by the Intl. Community for voting for Mr. Taylor.

Lastly, I can truly tell you that most common people in Liberia will tell you that things were better for them living wise under Taylor then this present govt. I must say I don’t totally agree with that however.

By: Aki

Aki — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:08:33 +0000

Nosirrah,
Doe rigged his elections which caused the mayhem to come. Charles Taylor was freely democratically elected by a land slide. This is the big difference between Doe and Taylor.

By: cen

cen — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:16:16 +0000

@ big B
SSA?

By: cen

cen — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:08:15 +0000

@ Eagle-eye

I BEG YOU!

Samuel Doe and his supporters changed the whole trajectory of Liberia! Liberia was the second fastest growing economy right behind Japan at the time President Tolbert was assasinated. The atrocities and set backs that followed that coupe still profoundly effect Liberia today. The most tragic being the loss of life, the stripping of Liberia’s infrastructure, the pillaging of resources and the displacement of thousands of people from their country. ANYONE that disputes, minimizes, or distorts these facts can’t be taken seriously.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:02:33 +0000

This trial is part of the western arrogance that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. talk about the other day.
‘the believe that the west has everything to teach the world and they have nothing to learn from the rest of the world.’ what a shame!!!!!!!!!!! what Fallah and the some guys on this blog have failed to realize is that they are the victims of information illiteracy; it is one inability to obtain, evaluate and make maximum use of information provided. as long as the BBC, CNN, RFI, CBN and Euro news remain the major source of your information u will continue to be misinformed or disinformed.