Liberia

...-- which is more than slightly ironic. You will recall that the preacher showed his love of freedom by supporting such murderous thugs as Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire and Charles Taylor of Liberia. You'll also recall that, coincidentally,...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Pat Robertson, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Havana, United States, Ideology, E-mail, and White House

...in Liberia. Both countries were ruled by dictators. "If your desire is to help the people of the country, it's necessary to work with the existing government," Robertson says in the video. He says his ventures helped local people by providing...

In this article: Pat Robertson, Charles Taylor, Political science, Christian Coalition, Operation Blessing International, Rice University, and Clemson University

...elected at any cost. Pat Robertson is the Ralph Reed of tv evangelists. An opportunistic whore who partnered with Charles Taylor of Liberia for blood diamonds and used his father's political connections (his father was Senator Robertson,...

In this article: Pat Robertson, Rudy Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, and New York

...support. Another Robertson company, Freedom Gold, set up shop in Liberia during the brutal dictatorship of Charles Taylor, under an agreement which provided the government, and its head, Taylor a share of the profits. So, in the end,...

In this article: Pat Robertson, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Party, John McCain, Christian Coalition, Charles Taylor, and Mike Huckabee

...in 1994, Robertson used his Operation Blessing planes to haul diamond-mining equipment to Robertson's mines in Liberia, despite the fact that Robertson was telling his 700 Club viewers that the planes were sending relief supplies to the...

In this article: Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor, United Nations, Pat Robertson, Samuel Kanyon Doe, United States, Sam Bockarie, Monrovia, and The Hague

...endorsement of Rudy goes against everything that his 700 Club stands for. Robertson obviously does not represent the true evangelical movement in this country. While it is unclear what he stands to gain from putting his stamp of approval...

In this article: Rudy Giuliani, Pat Robertson, Christian Coalition, God, Republican Party, Jesus Christ, Tax, and Hillary Clinton

...War in June and July 2003. Robertson accuses the U.S. State Department of giving President Bush bad advice in supporting Taylor's ouster as president, and of trying "as hard as they can to destabilize Liberia." Robertson was criticized for...

In this article: Pat Robertson, The 700 Club, God, Hugo Chavez, George W. Bush, Global warming, Republican Party, Operation Blessing, and Regent University

...Network--mining rights in Liberia, and gave Taylor a 10 percent stake in the company. When the United States intervened in Liberia in 2003, forcing Taylor and the Al Qaeda operatives he was harboring to flee, Robertson accused President...

In this article: Pat Robertson, Rudy Giuliani, Jesus Christ, God, Republican Party, Mike Huckabee, George W. Bush, Christianity, Christian Coalition, and Operation Blessing