Why is Nelson Mandela on our terrorist watch list?
Other than the obvious “because we’re f’n idiots” excuse?
U.S. has Mandela on terrorist list
WASHINGTON — Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation “embarrassing,” and some members of Congress vow to fix it.
The requirement applies to former South African leader Mandela and other members of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC), the once-banned anti-Apartheid organization. In the 1970s and ’80s, the ANC was officially designated a terrorist group by the country’s ruling white minority. Other countries, including the United States, followed suit.
Because of this, Rice told a Senate committee recently, her department has to issue waivers for ANC members to travel to the USA.
“This is a country with which we now have excellent relations, South Africa, but it’s frankly a rather embarrassing matter that I still have to waive in my own counterpart, the foreign minister of South Africa, not to mention the great leader Nelson Mandela,” Rice said.
Your “counterpart”, Condi? Let’s just say that one of you is a war criminal, and the other won the Nobel Peace Prize, and leave it at that, how about?
May 8th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Dear Sirs:
“In the 1970s and ’80s, the ANC was officially designated a terrorist group by the country’s ruling white minority. Other countries, including the United States, followed suit.”
Asked and answered. How come NM hasn’t been cleared yet should be the question. Speed of government and all.
Thank you for your time and assistance.