Charles Taylor to stand trial

It is a very good thing that Charles Taylor, that notorious scumbag of sub-Sahara Africa is going on trial for his crimes. For those that don't know, Charles Taylor is the former president of Liberia and a war criminal of the highest order. Seeing him at the end of a rope would be a very good thing, at almost the same level as seeing Saddam Hussein slowing twisting in the wind.

What I find interesting is that in a post 9/11 world -- with that "Cowboy" George Bush in the Oval Office -- many of the world's most evil despots are ending up in the dock. Sure, Slobo's UN trial was a bit of a joke and he died in prison of natural causes, but he didn't died in exile somewhere living a life of luxury. No, he died behind bars, which is a good thing.

Perhaps Charles Taylor won't hang. But he probably won't walk away a free man.

And it's nice to see that there are some people in the world that are not so risk averse as to continuously capitulate to fascists.