No Different Than Slavery: Kennedy's Anti-Apartheid Stance (Barf!!!!)

abcnews ^ | Aug 27, 2009 | DANA HUGHES

[pinochet]

While much has been made of Sen. Ted Kennedy's involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process, there is another country in which he is known for playing a pivotal role in helping to bring about peace and justice – South Africa.

In 1985 Kennedy visited the country on the invitation of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an outspoken anti-apartheid activist. There, the United States senator saw first hand the discriminatory practices of the white South African government.

He stayed in a black township and held an illegal protest outside of Pollsmor Prison where Nelson Mandela was being held. Warned by the South African police not to take part in the demonstration, Kennedy walked up to the gates of the prison and handed officials a letter demanding the release of Mandela.

His visit was condemned by both the white South African government and the Reagan administration who at that time believed in a policy of "constructive engagement" with South Africa.

[pinochet]

This article is trying to portray Republicans as supporters of apartheid in South Africa, in the same manner in which they try to portray the GOP as supporters of segregation in the South in the 1960s.

If I remember correctly, the Republicans had a majority in the US Senate in 1986, when the sanctions bill against South Africa was passed.

[Venturer]

This turned out so well for South Africa. Now they are a forward thinking African country with amazing economic growth and are so much better off now that white farmers have been run out of the country.

[American Silver Eagle]

The proper solution for South Africa would have been to split the country up and let blacks and whites govern themselves. I beleive about 1% of the white population has been murdered by blacks since 1994 and that is taking into account that at least 20% have left the country.

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[nkycincinnatikid]

It could not have been only co-incedental that the Afrikaners finally ceded power over their 500 year old homeland after Reagan had removed the threat of the Soviet Union.
A black majority South Africa would undoubtedly have become a communist Soviet sattleite of the typical sort.
Saint Kennedy fought on the Soviet side during that war btw.

[Sudetenland]

Sort of like Rhodesia

[attiladhun2]

S. Africa is better off than most sub-Saharan nations, but it is still a mess with one of the highest crime rates in the world and very high unemployment. If the murder rate in this country were as high as there, 200,000 murders would be committed here every year. Most people would call that civil war.

[SharpRightTurn]

“The proper solution for South Africa would have been to split the country up and let blacks and whites govern themselves.”

Or course. But Kennedy’s ilk would never let them go their separate ways.

[attiladhun2]

Saint Kennedy fought on the Soviet side during that war btw.

You are quite right. In my mind Kennedy was only slightly less loathsome than, say, Yasser Arafat, and I am certainly not sorry to see that old gangster turning into worm crap.