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...NAME: Kruger National Park NEW NAME: Mandela National Park Controversial at home, but may be popular with the tourists...
...State of Affairs Your notebook item about president Bush's visit to Africa and his failure to meet with former South African President Nelson Mandela [July 7] noted that Mandela called the U.S. "a threat to world peace." That statement has depressed me more than all the other horrible things that have recently occurred. Mandela feels that he represents justice and truth and thus can say and perhaps do anything he wants. But the threat to world peace lies in the self-righteous mentality of certain people who try to sum up all of the problems in the world...
Just last Friday, Mandela lauded French President Jacques Chirac for opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq--and that was one of Mandela's tamer shots during what has been a nine-month barrage of criticism. In January, Mandela called Bush a "President who has no foresight, who cannot think properly," and accused him of "wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust." Mandela has also accused the U.S. of ignoring the U.N. because it is led by a black man, and has repeatedly called the U.S. a "threat to world peace." During a visit to Ireland last week, he told...
...White House, for its part, seems content to let Bush's itinerary serve as riposte. Despite Mandela's "unfortunate comments not just about the President but also about America in general," the White House official says, Bush means "no disrespect" by not meeting with Mandela. "We're focused on spending time with those who are in office...
Perhaps, but Mandela may have anticipated the snub. Asked at the press conference last Friday if he would discuss the Iraq war with President Bush, he replied, "I know he's coming to see [President Thabo Mbeki], but I cannot be sure if he's going to want to meet me. So I won't be able to tell him anything." And Mandela seems ready to initiate detente: "I have said what I wanted to say," he added, "and I don't have to repeat it." --By Tony Karon and James Carney