President Charles Taylor Term Paper

George Bush & Charles Taylor General Analysis; current affairs; George Bush & Charles Taylor"

The Objective of this paper is wholly to illustrate and depict what President Charles Taylor done to have been ordered by President George Bush to relinquish his power

One of the most significant and relevant happenings within the contemporary world has been, arguably, the achievement of ultimate global, strategic and military power by the United States of America, an occurrence that the country appears to be intensifying and fortifying in so much as enhancing the ostensible war on terrorism incepted as a consequence of the ghastly September 11th attack (s) on the WTC and the Pentagon.

Subsequent political influence

The U.S., as a result of contemporaneously being the nation wielding supreme power, finds itself in a position demanding monumental commitment and responsibility, such as resolving particularly deteriorative issues around the globe. This is something that becomes quite apparent when taking into consideration the degree of U.S. involvement within the Liberian revolts and riots that are currently sweeping across and massacring the land.

The current Liberian Issue

The U.S. finds itself in a rather problematic situation as far as ensuring that effectual peacekeeping measures be ensured within Liberia, something that is rather dramatically obstructed by the fact that the Liberian...

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Secretary General Kofi Annan's urging the U.S. To take the auxiliary role in restoring peace and order to the nation of 3.4 million people (Wiley, 2003).
Complications

In spite of the fact that Taylor has accepted the Nigerian offer for exile, he shows no sign of leaving the country that he plunged into brutal turmoil after launching a rebellion on Christmas Eve, 1989. Taylor has an exceptionally diverse past, something that is made more apparent when acknowledging the fact that, born in Liberia, he spent a decade in the Boston area, earning an economics degree from Bentley College in Waltham, Mass., and dabbling in expatriate Liberian politics; he later worked as a gas-station attendant and plastics-factory worker to support himself.

After a violent Liberian regime change in 1979, however, Taylor returned home and got a spot as a Cabinet minister in the new government of Samuel K. Doe; ironically though, Taylor vanished from Liberia…

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Bibliography

Jones Tony & Hermant Norman (09/07/2003) Bush still to decide on Liberia force, Lateline, Australian Broadcasting Corporation @ http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2003/s898642.htm

Wiley Ed III (July 3, 2003); U.S. Military Command in Europe Told to Prepare for Possible Action In Liberia @ http://www.bet.com/articles/0,1048,c1gb6733-7533-1,00.html

Hoffman Lisa (July 9, 2003); A look at Liberian President Charles Taylor @ http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/world/article/0,1406,KNS_351_2098076,00.html

Fofana Lansana (Thu Jul 03, 2003); Liberia: Pressure mounts on President Taylor to resign, Inter-Press Service (IPS), @ http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/3803.html
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