Mandela Chimes In:
Nelson Mandela has again criticised the United States over its stance on Iraq. In his rant, Mr. Mandela tries to stretch things a little by accusing the U.S. and Great Britain of undermining the United Nations because:
“the secretary general of the United Nations [Ghanaian Kofi Annan] is now a black man… They never did that when secretary generals were white”.
Defining the issue in terms of race? Now that’s reaching. Perhaps Saddam isn’t respecting the resolutions because they weren’t instituted by ‘white’ SGs. Pfff! Apart from calling this a ‘war for oil’, he goes on to ask why Israel isn’t being forced to disarm:
“Their [United States] friend Israel has got weapons of mass destruction but because it’s their ally they won’t ask the United Nations to get rid of them.”
Last time I checked though, Israel didn’t openly support terrorist movements, or use WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) to kill thousands of people. Does he pretend that Saddam can be trusted with a stockpile of WMDs?
I agree with Reid’s comments from the first time Mandela lashed out last year. Mr. Mandela needs to put the drama act on ice and stop shooting his mouth off. The incoherence of his claims is unbecoming, and can only be described as ‘mildly amusing’. Perhaps it would also be wise to refrain from talking of holocausts, when he has thus far failed to condemned and deter the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe from carrying on with theirs.
