I just read that Nelson Mandela has been removed from the US terrorists list, after having been listed there at the request of the South African apartheid regime.
A US senator said the new legislation was a step towards removing the "shame of dishonoring this great leader."
Ha.
Our enemies of yesterday are today's 'great leaders'. Yesterday's terrorists are 'men of peace', those once 'dangerous threats' are now our 'brothers'.
I'm not sure whether I should be amazed, or repulsed.
Then I remember a lesson I was taught years ago: "Alliances are not permanents. Only your interests are".
Which makes it all the more important not to permanently burn bridges or lead animosity to become irreversible.
A US senator said the new legislation was a step towards removing the "shame of dishonoring this great leader."
Ha.
Our enemies of yesterday are today's 'great leaders'. Yesterday's terrorists are 'men of peace', those once 'dangerous threats' are now our 'brothers'.
I'm not sure whether I should be amazed, or repulsed.
Then I remember a lesson I was taught years ago: "Alliances are not permanents. Only your interests are".
Which makes it all the more important not to permanently burn bridges or lead animosity to become irreversible.
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They should have seen that during SA apartheid... but that was under Reagan so no luck with that.
But does that make Reagan necessarily wrong? Or was he reacting rationaly based on the situation at hand?
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