South Africa

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South Africa

Tom Brosz — 9/14/2006 4:51:39 PM (archived)

The Left's opposition to South Africa some years back was less about the oppression of a race (a real problem) than it was about South Africa being a major ally of the U.S. in Africa against the Soviets and their attempts to expand their influence there.

I don't think most people realize what the situation would be today in places like Southeast Asia, Africa, and Central and South America if the Soviet support hadn't crapped out.

Oddly, leftists seemed to have no problem back then with societies that treated all of their citizens the same way blacks were treated under apartheid.

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Keith Olbermann Tells It Like It Is - Donald - 9/13/2006 1:23:25 AM
- LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2006 12:57:11 AM
  - re: LOL! - Robert - 9/14/2006 1:43:50 AM
    - C'mon let's rumble. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2006 3:30:42 AM
      - I'm still waiting - Robert - 9/14/2006 6:23:01 PM
        
        too many letters - azstrummer - 9/15/2006 9:08:13 PM
        
        except... - Robert - 9/16/2006 4:07:57 PM
        
        "by cutting off the head of the snake,." - Lindy - 9/17/2006 1:41:09 AM
        
        ...and other parables - Robert - 9/17/2006 5:08:46 PM
        
        parables - Lindy - 9/17/2006 6:11:23 PM
        
        re: parables - azstrummer - 9/17/2006 9:36:23 PM
        
        Doing the right thing, doesn't always work - Lindy - 9/18/2006 2:37:11 AM
        
        Yeah! That class is not going to be biased. LOL! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2006 6:54:59 AM
        
        We need an acronym then - azstrummer - 9/17/2006 5:40:59 PM
        
        How about "acons"? - Robert - 9/17/2006 7:35:06 PM
        
        Works for me. (n/t) - azstrummer - 9/17/2006 9:31:34 PM
        
        Personally I think it sounds kind of nuts (n/t) - Laurie Street - 9/18/2006 4:27:32 PM
        
        Go Robert!! - Lindy - 9/15/2006 1:09:44 AM
        
        yee haw! (n/t) - Robert - 9/16/2006 5:14:51 PM
        
        You want in-depth? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2006 11:57:30 PM
        
        Sure. What I got was shallow - Robert - 9/16/2006 4:39:04 PM
        
        Forget Dean. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 5:44:50 PM
        
        "Olbermann's doppelganger" - Lindy - 9/15/2006 1:51:36 AM
        
        " I'll coin a phrase here and call such studies and scientific sounding political propaganda, SDAI-pop-prop. (n/t) - Lindy - 9/15/2006 1:42:56 AM
        
        Typo: That's "SDAI-poop-prop" - Robert - 9/16/2006 5:14:26 PM
        
        re: I'm still waiting - Laurie Street - 9/14/2006 8:01:24 PM
        
        The GUT of politics - Robert - 9/16/2006 4:03:02 PM
        
        LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2006 9:12:57 PM
        
        Ready, fire, aim! - Robert - 9/17/2006 4:51:51 PM
        
        The power of selection - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2006 12:06:59 AM
        
        FDR - wiretaps, intimidation, misuse of FBI & IRS. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2006 1:32:48 AM
        
        Dang! Looks like they finally have no answers! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/19/2006 12:14:48 AM
        
        "it's up to you to take it and save yourself though." - Lindy - 9/18/2006 2:38:43 AM
        
        Saving Robert from Cannery Row... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/18/2006 3:39:29 AM
        
        re: Saving Robert from Cannery Row... - Publius - 9/19/2006 7:28:23 PM
        
        We're from two different planets Tech1 - Lindy - 9/18/2006 3:21:59 PM
        
        Yeah, Jonathan Alter is going to tell you how it is. - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2006 6:45:33 PM
        
        Is that the best you can do? - Robert - 9/17/2006 7:40:06 PM
        
        re: Is that the best YOU can do? - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2006 9:33:15 PM
        
        "I can predict the response to this post, too." - Robert - 9/19/2006 9:41:43 PM
        
        Neither predict, nor comprehend. - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2006 1:14:39 AM
        
        "The uneducated rally behind anyone who promises them the most." - Lindy - 9/17/2006 3:02:02 AM
      - re: C'mon let's rumble. - REB - 9/14/2006 2:11:36 PM
        
        Bush bashing - azstrummer - 9/14/2006 6:11:16 PM
        
        re: C'mon let's rumble. - REB - 9/14/2006 3:11:38 PM
        
        Liberals haven't given up - Robert - 9/16/2006 5:11:53 PM
        
        "I am still very puzzled as to why Liberals......" - Lindy - 9/15/2006 3:38:01 AM
        
        re: "I am still very puzzled as to why Liberals......" - REB - 9/15/2006 1:36:18 PM
        
        "â€œIt also gives us a very special, secret pleasure to see how unaware the people around us are of what is really happening to them. " - Lindy - 9/15/2006 2:06:59 AM
        
        Opposing a war does not equal supporting its government - alcaray - 9/14/2006 5:51:59 PM
        
        South Africa - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 4:51:39 PM
      - Ya know what? Let's not. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 3:57:09 AM
        
        Religionization of politics - Tony - 9/14/2006 8:04:34 PM
        
        "â€œWhat good fortune for those in power that the people do not think.â€-- - Lindy - 9/15/2006 2:10:50 AM
        
        not helping (n/t) - Tony - 9/15/2006 4:33:00 PM
        
        not helping (n/t) - Tony - 9/15/2006 4:32:58 PM
        
        Derailing the train - Robert - 9/14/2006 7:13:27 PM
        
        re: Derailing the train - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 12:54:44 AM
        
        I see... - Robert - 9/16/2006 5:55:48 PM
        
        Pay attention. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 8:46:13 PM
        
        Try to stay focused - Robert - 9/17/2006 4:58:14 PM
        
        Focus. - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2006 6:29:07 PM
        
        Focus closer...nearer the nose on your face - Robert - 9/17/2006 8:12:18 PM
        
        I give up. - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2006 9:35:32 PM
        
        That's the problem right there - Robert - 9/18/2006 5:04:20 PM
        
        Robert, I was discussing the original sources. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2006 1:32:12 AM
        
        Tom, the victim - azstrummer - 9/18/2006 8:37:22 PM
        
        Tom's double speak - Lindy - 9/15/2006 1:41:28 AM
        
        I hear ya...but... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2006 4:56:55 AM
        
        Your satire misses the mark. - alcaray - 9/14/2006 5:58:28 PM
        
        I thought not (n/t) - alcaray - 9/15/2006 3:43:32 PM
        
        Look around. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 6:28:47 AM
        
        Woah. Way to drive home a point. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2006 6:38:45 AM
- A must see, indeed. Elect that man President. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 9/13/2006 5:04:50 PM
- Wow... - Robert - 9/13/2006 4:41:26 PM
  - Agreed - Lindy - 9/13/2006 5:08:23 PM
- re: Keith Olbermann Tells It Like It Is - azstrummer - 9/13/2006 3:14:09 PM

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