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Mandela's Racist Rant Against U.S.


Nelson Mandela performed superbly as president of the Republic of South Africa. Last week, he disgraced himself with an outrageous and racially explosive attack on President Bush and the U.S.

Mandela ranted, “Is this [expected military action against Iraq] because the secretary general of the United Nations is now a black man? They never did that when secretary generals were white.”

According to the New York Times, “he also criticized the United States for complaining about Iraq’s human rights record. Asserting that the American conscience was far from clean, Mr. Mandela pointed to the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. ‘Because they decided to kill innocent people in Japan, who are still suffering from that, who are they now to pretend that they are the policeman of the world?’ he asked.”

Mandela’s claim that racism toward Secretary General Kofi Annan has played a role in defining U.S. policy toward Iraq is absurd. Kurt Waldheim, white and European, was ultimately precluded from serving another term as U.N. secretary general as a result of U.S. opposition. Because of his Nazi past, he was placed on a State Department exclusion list after leaving the U.N. so he could not re-enter the U.S. He was denounced by the U.S. and many European countries.

Mandela’s attack on President Harry Truman’s decision to use the nuclear bomb on Japan to end WWII is inexcusable. Some estimate the lives of 500,000 American soldiers scheduled to invade the Japanese homeland in November 1945 may have been saved by Japan’s unconditional surrender following the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The lives of millions of Japanese were probably also saved by the surrender.

Many are afraid to criticize Mandela’s outrageous comments for fear of incurring the displeasure of this international icon and his many supporters. Because someone has made important contributions to human affairs doesn’t provide immunity from foolish statements. Mandela should apologize immediately, and newspaper editorials here and abroad should take him to task for his behavior.


 

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