#1 Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Mr. Crocker said, there were few other avenues. In those cold war days, he said, sustained, patient, high-level American involvement helped end wars from Angola to Mozambique and helped to bring South AfricaÂ’s brutal apartheid system to its knees.
A tidy bid of history re-written there Jeffrey. It was long ago, but I would urge you to study the events a tad deeper. Military aid from the West to South Africa and the bold determination of the... (now nearly defunct SADF) chased Fidel Castro and his merry band of Russian proxies from the continent, ending wars, YES WARS in Mozzie and Angola. I can forward you the statistics on SADF KIA during that long bloody period of you like, it was mandetory national service in those days you know. The SADF or the national police, your choice. Supported by backchannel pleadings and requests for assistance from Washington and Downing Street to South Africa and Rhodesia, many served and many died ending communism, yes communism. The US had just ended a long struggle fighting communism in SE Asia, and as now, public sentiment for involvement in Africa was, well lets just say, not at high levels. Unfortunately, thier patriotism and support of the west availed the Rhodies and the SA's little in the end. They were Dutch Reformed, Methodist, LDS, Lutheran, Pentecostal and Jewish, largely white men and farmers you see. They were and many remain non-multiculturists in a dumbed down world of cultural diversity, colour preference, Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), Affirmative Action, and denial. How could they ultimately survive? How will they? Get it right Jeffrey, or don't attempt it please. U.S. Power is still Super!
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