President Bush has demanded that Charles Taylor leaves Liberia, but Taylor has defied Bush that he is not going anywhere. Bush has committed troops to Liberia to assist with the peace keeping once the west African governments have deployed peace keepers. Meanwhile, his men are off the Liberian Cost watching atrocities take place against the people of Liberia by Taylor and the factions fighting to remove him from power.

George Bush

The Rope That Hung Monkey Will Hang Baboon by Nyenpan Tarpeh-Doe This is no laughing matter; Liberia is faced with some serious embarrassments. President Charles Taylor has been indicted with war crimes and there is a warrant out for his arrest. Let's put this in perspective. Didn't Taylor know that his crimes against humanity would have caught up with him? Was Charles ignorant then and is he ignorant now? Did Liberians know they were "electing" a war criminal yet they wanted him to serve because they desired peace? Did Liberians know that this man has a history of criminal activities yet wanted him to lead? What didn't the Liberian people know of this man - Charles Taylor? There is raging warfare, widely spread throughout the length and breath of the country with determination to remove Charles Taylor from power by any means. This is dangerous, very dangerous for the people of Liberia who have been caught in the cross fire. During peace talks in Ghana, Taylor  had promised to leave Liberia once the peace keeping forces were deployed. Member states of ECOWAS had promised to commit forces but took their time to allow Taylor to make all necessary arrangements to leave the country. Nigeria played the lead politics in giving Taylor more time in Liberia especially when the United States had asked him to leave. Nigeria's procrastination led to the breaking of the ceased fire agreement signed in Ghana causing the death of scores of Liberians. Now, Taylor is singing another song to the tune that he will not leave Liberia; because to leave now will be to give in to the rebels and their cause. Taylor had planned all along not to leave Liberia but rather seek the protection of the peace keepers and to remain in power while he continues to negotiate peace and disarmament. Taylor has no immediate plans of leaving Liberia. He is also afraid that he would be arrested wherever he goes and sent to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Charles Taylor is in serious trouble. One wonders how Taylor can now escape this one. However, some still ponder his escape from the Plymouth Correctional Facilities in Massachusetts.