MANDELA CALLS OUT THE US!

In 2009, the United Nations (UN) declared July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day, in honour of the South African anti-apartheid icon, who was born on this date in 1918.

Mandela is remembered as a man who helped lead South Africa out of the crimes and excesses of apartheid. Western mainstream media may downplay him as a fluffy older man who liked to dance and forgive his oppressors, but we remember him as an anti-imperialist until the end.

In this video, Mandela calls out America as a warmonger. A country that supports carnage, consistently breaks the rules and is more than willing to go to any lengths, even at the expense of fundamental human rights, to push its hegemonic agenda.

He lambasts the US for its invasion of Iraq and the war it initiated 20 years ago. An unnecessary military campaign resulting in the deaths of anywhere between one and two million men, women and children. When
former US Secretary of State,Madeleine Albright, was asked if US sanctions that claimed the lives of up to 500,000 Iraqi children were justified, she responded, ‘We think the price is worth it.’

Mandela was instrumental in tearing down South Africa’s oppressive apartheid regime, as well as speaking up for other oppressed African states. May he continue to rest in peace and power!

Video credit : Democracy Now