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Originally Posted by jplinville
This is the same man who spent many years of life was spent in prison for pushing communist agenda in SA. The same man that, after being elected, was filmed chanting a pledge to kill all whites in South Africa.
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Whether by design, on this issue communists were on the right side of history, while the U.S. and U.K. failed.
Reagan and Thacher continued support for S.A.'s apartheid regime, so the communists probably saw an opportuninty to foster some "goodwill" most likely to just further their own agenda.