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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
The GOP only claimed it was following that policy. And we didn't invade.
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Didn't mean to imply otherwise. I understand that our government's "constructive engagement" with SA was actually an anti-communist partnership -- for the sake of which our government was willing to keep quiet about the racism and oppression of the black and colored majority.
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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
And yet, the regression in South Africa ended, and the world's confrontational approach did the trick.
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I know, but SA was just one country which was just about completely isolated by the end. I'm not sure the same approach will work (or is the best choice) for dealing with a population of what, 20-33% of the world (?), spread throughout dozens of countries. Another problem is that many of those countries hold a vital resource that we cannot presently afford to boycott.
Ultimately, their change will come from within if it comes. The hard question is what way to best hurry it along without screwing up our ongoing vital interests in dealing with those countries (anti-terrorism, oil, Mid-East peace, etc.)
S_A_M
