Well, if we can believe Jesse ‘The Extortionist’ Jackson, which is rather doubtful, in his last conversation with Nelson Mandela, the former South African president, as well as a murdering terrorist, Mandela supposedly admitted that he was actually glad he was caught and jailed for 27 years before he ended up with the blood of innocents on his hands. ‘Before’ he ended up with the blood of innocents on his hands? I’m not really sure what the Hell Jackson is talking about, because Mandela died with more than a little blood on his hands.
Anyway, I’m guessing in what must have been an attempt by to make excuses for the supposed ‘peace loving’ Mandela, Jackson told Fox News Channel's "Special Report" that Mandela had joined the military arm of the African National Congress, having decided that the only way to fight Apartheid was through violence. After blowing up bridges and other infrastructure, they turned to schools and other buildings. The fact that he was caught and imprisoned prevented his actions from escalating. Sorry, but that’s just plain BS.
Even Fox News commentator George Will was among heaping praise on Mandela, noting that he never showed bitterness for his 27 years of imprisonment. "If he felt no bitterness, that was astonishing. If he understandably felt it and never expressed it, that's more astonishing," Will said. No offense to Will, but I would have thought he’d do some homework before rushing to praise Mandela. Mandela got what he deserved, and I can only assume that Will is either oblivious to Mandela’s bloody past, or simply chose to ignore it.
Jackson's description of the older Mandela, relieved he never killed innocents, may have at least partially explained his feelings. Jackson was one of the first to meet Mandela as he was freed from his cell in 1990. "The release of his body took us to unbelievable heights of joy. The release of his spirit takes us to unbelievable depths of sadness and pain," Jackson told Fox News. Actually what should have been made to happen is for Mandela to die in the same manner that he is known to have inflicted upon others. I believe it’s called, necklacing.
So, I guess, we will now have the likes of Jackson out there doing their best to perpetuate the myth of a man who was essentially nothing more than a racist and a cold blooded killer. It’s actually quite sad that blacks, who really have very few bona fide heroes that they can genuinely be proud of, are now reduced to having to celebrate the life of a terrorist, and, in the process, seem quite determined in their efforts to paint him as being some sort of saint. But a saint is something that he most definitely was not. But that won’t stop these folks from trying.
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