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Liberians Eager for Bush Visit (Nico Colombant, 20 February 2008, VOA News)

In the busy Nancy B. Doe Jogbeh Town Market, recently renovated by Liberia's government, Lusu Boakai is selling homemade spices. She is also overjoyed by Mr. Bush's visit.

"First of all, I tell him, God thank you," said Lusu Boakai. "Please help our government. War made [our country] to go bad and behind. Please help our government, our president to come up, because one hand, it cannot make it. The American people are part of Liberia, as we used to see it. But since the war came, we came behind. I can tell him please, help our government. We depend on you, please, that is what I can say."

The Liberians interviewed for this report said they have always felt close to the United States and want more U.S involvement rather than less.

...that the media ignores the successful unilateral regime changes in Liberia, the Sudan and Haiti because they don't fit their own narrative about the President.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 20, 2008 6:37 PM