South Africa's Terrorist Thinking

February 2003

President Bush, in his State of the Union speech in January 2003, promised billions of dollars in aid to African countries for their AIDS programs. A few days later, Nelson Mandela, former South African president criticized Bush likening him to a terrorist. His audience nodded in agreement.

Here is the problem: One in five South Africans have AIDS, that's 4.7 million people. This is truly a health calamity unprecedented in human history.

Much of the AIDS money Bush promised will be earmarked for South Africa.

Let's not send a dime to them. 

Nelson Mandela is supposed to represent the ideals of South Africa, what a pity. He seems like a bitter old man, who only knows how to criticize others and is unwilling to look at himself. By playing the race card he shows his racist core. But it is more than that. 

He meets the definition of a terrorist because he has put his personal and political self interests before the needs of his people. In doing so, he has harmed every citizen in South Africa and assisted in the deaths of tens of thousands.

As president of his country he did very little to stem the tide of AIDS, blaming others for the problem.

South Africa has been given money and other help by the US because their government can't do the job. It couldn't do it when Mandela was in charge and it can't do it now.

It is about time we play the "common sense card" and stop giving aid to a country full of hate toward America; a country that is blatantly racist. Let's stop helping a country run by incompetent and uncaring leaders who expect the US to help out, but feel the need to denigrate its benefactor.