Where Charles Taylor Went Wrong: A Series of Straight Talks on Former Liberian President Charles Taylor’S Missteps in Liberia and Sierra Leone
By Max Willie
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events that culminated in the downfall of a man who remarkably transfi gured
Liberia, Africas oldest independent republic. Charles Taylors missteps and failures
in Liberia, as well his ill-advised role in Sierra Leone, a country with common
border and heritage; his infl ammatory foreign policy toward not only the US
and other Western powers, but to neighboring countries as well was the basis
for his international isolation, the lack of donor support to his government and
his eventual demise. Perhaps no other writing has brought to focus yet Charles
Taylors slip-ups, as does this copy. Historians, students of history, policy makers,
and political observers everywhere may find this work an attention in their analyses
of war, peace and governance, particularly in Africa
Max Willie
Max Willie is a native of Liberia. He is a journalist and a political observer, working across the fi eld from public and private radio and television stations to international nongovernmental organizations. Max’s journalism profession began in 1979 with ELBC/TV, Liberia’s public broadcast system. He started as a reporter and rose through the ranks to become the System’s Deputy Broadcast Director-General. He accomplished professional education from VOA (Voice of America) in Washington, DC. Max worked as Communication/Media Specialist for a strategic U.S. project, LCIP (Liberia Community Infrastructure Program), a USAID-run 48 million-dollar gift from the U.S. government to Liberia’s graduation from war. During and after the country’s great civil war, Max co-managed Charles Taylor’s communication network. As the war was intensifying, he slipped into other functions by moral conviction outside the boundary of his professional journalistic duties to offer service against the human catastrophe of such grave consequence the war was imposing. He proffered time and energy to help the needy and vulnerable; a service he counts as a score of lifetime. Max Willie resides in the United States currently where he’s prospecting for research and higher education. Max holds the Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from University of Liberia. He’s at maxartwill@yahoo.com or botobigimax3@gmail.com.
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Where Charles Taylor Went Wrong - Max Willie
CONTENTS
Acknowledgement
Definitions
Foreword
Introduction
The Argument
Taylor’s Supposed Mission
Initial United States Goodwill
Charles Taylor In Liberia
Taylor’s Domestic Mistakes
Charles Taylor In Sierra Leone
Charles Taylor’s Missteps In Foreign Relations & Diplomacy
Summary & Analysis
A Profile Of Charles Taylor
Issues surrounding the frantic international efforts to prosecute Charles Taylor for a war in Sierra Leone without regard to a greater consequential civil war conducted in Liberia by Taylor are left for a more conscientious and worthy debate.
The extent of the surpluses suffered in Liberia, a tiny country of three and a half million people far surpassed what can be endured even by bare minimum human modesty.
The hope of Liberians were ignited further, Liberians who recognized Taylor as having the wherewithal, as well as the political poise and equanimity to dig the country out of brokenness and impoverishment.
After years of excruciating struggle against Samuel Doe’s regime, and up against the military might of 10 African nations, allied with four Liberian warring groups; having survived all, Taylor saw the country he set out to
liberate as a private scheme where everything within the border of Liberia belong to him and under his control.
Domestic dissent was rife over Taylor’s blind-eye shown to the basic social needs of the population, and for his implicit endorsement of a culture of impunity in Liberia.
With his incessant support to Foday Sankor, Taylor became the main article of suspicion and was counted as the chief architect of a war of such magnitude and grave consequence. This scenario,
international bias aside, offered global actors the Carte blanch or perhaps the pretext to indict Mr. Taylor.
"Taylor often found comfort in rhetorical bouts to bolster his image locally as a no-nonsense leader, while ignoring the consequences such condescending remarks could have on Liberia’s foreign relations."
"Power assets determine nations’ position in the international arena. Liberia, like most underdeveloped countries is marginal in the circle of international power wielding and dealing; Taylor ignored this fact of foreign relations.
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