Why aren't we hearing about this? Liberia has 1st election since Taylor.

[ck4829]

We're hearing about how Iraq and other countries are becoming more Democratic. However, once again, Liberia is quietly pushed under the rug. Hmmm, I wonder why.

"Liberia voted in a heated runoff election Tuesday for its first postwar president in a vote that pitted a former soccer star who dropped out of high school against the country's top female politician who was educated at Harvard. Returns were predicted to begin coming in by the end of the week.

With U.N. helicopters buzzing over the bombed-out capital, many expressed hope that the vote would herald an era of peace after decades of conflict that displaced a third of the West African nation's 3.5 million citizens and left up to 200,000 dead."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/08/AR2005110800196.html?nav=rss_world

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Because the Liberians lucked out

and instead of US forces in control of their country, they got UN Peacekeepers. Seems that it is possible to bring peace and stability to a country, so the people can have a real election and begin to rebuild their lives.