Bush Vows to Aid Liberia Peace, Condemns Slavery (the vow has a *)

[underpants]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/reuters20030708_376.html

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (Reuters) - President Bush began an African trip on Tuesday by pledging to help restore peace to war-ruined Liberia and branding slavery one of history's greatest crimes.

Bush told West African leaders he would participate in efforts to enforce a fragile cease-fire in Liberia's 14 years of civil war, but White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said it would be "some time" before Washington decided whether to send troops.

"The United Nations is going to be involved. The United States will work with ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States)," Bush told reporters after the meeting in Senegal's capital Dakar.

In an early setback as Washington assesses involvement in any peacekeeping mission, forces loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor stopped U.S. military experts from visiting a refugee camp outside Monrovia on Tuesday, witnesses said.

[Sandstorm]

1. A real portrait in courage

Bush came out against slavery. Wow. How heroic.

[0007]

3. LOL!!

....and John Q will eat it up!!

[larryepke]

5. Now...

if only Rumsfeld would do the same!

[beanball]

2. " Slavery was and is a crime "

bet my last peso when shrub get back down yonder in dixie with his R.N. supporters he will deny ever saying that slavery was a crime,maybe a mistake but not a crime.

[Jacobin]

4. How progressive of him.

Next thing ya know he will condemn mayhem and bestiality!!

What courage in a leader. I'm shocked and awed.

zzzzzzzzz

[snorkie]

6. You all can joke about it....

but I honestly wasn't sure where Chimpy would come down on slavery!! ;-)