Were Mandela white, he would be as respected in USA as the IRA...

You know, that TERRORIST organization the Brits don't think too highly of.

But since they happen to be of the right colour and religion, they get sympathy and respect (oh and money/weapons under the table to kill Brits and other Irish with).

Yet Mandela (whose people were made to live like slaves in their own country by European invaders) is maligned and dissed all over USA for no worse crimes (he was banned from entering the country until recently).

Well, except for the crime of a black man daring to take down a white master that is...