Last edited by Özil's Panoramic View; 11-04-2013 at 12:52 AM.
The ANC were totally justified in their actions IMO (I know that's not exactly what the debate is about). Any state that deprives their citizens of basic human rights based on the colour of their skin deserves to be opposed, and peaceful methods don't always work.
I wonder whether those who call the ANC terrorists would say the same about the Italian partisans fighting Mussolini and the fascist regime in Italy during WW2.
Last edited by Joker; 10-04-2013 at 05:10 PM.
This is classic Letters.
It relates back to what GB said about tactics borne out of a situation and if they were once peaceful, it says something about the regime they were up against. But regardless of all that, let's not pretend Thatcher was being guided by some moral compass on this one, as if her conscience couldn't bear the thought of aiding 'terrorists'. She had no problems helping Saddam and Pinochet.
I'm by no means clued up on Syria, but aren't lots of the "Free Syrian Army" or whatever they're called now, the very same "terrorists" we're fighting in other countries? And many of them, as Assad actually says, foreign. That's not me taking sides because the whole Middle East thing just gives me a headache but it doesn't seem to always be this one way street you'd believe if you just watched the news.
I guess I'm not clued up either.
But regardless of who they are, do they sit back and look for a peaceful resolution when under such heavy attack? As for who's who and what's accurate in that situation...who knows what's happening. I can understand the reluctance to arm rebels considering the past mess we've gotten into or maybe governments are just turning a blind eye on this one since there is no benefit and nobody wants a war during this financial crisis.
As Zimm said earlier, countries look out for their own interests first. The Al Qaeda link talk...fuck knows if that's true after the WMD and Al Qaeda links to justify the Iraq invasion. That 'terrorist' word always set the alarm bells ringing and relates back to what old Maggie was trying to do all those years ago. It can deflect sympathy for the cause and public opinion. Heck, we were in the heat of the IRA problems at the time.
Quite how the ANC were to achieve enfranchisement while brutally subjugated by a minority regime that used the weapons of state to do so is beyond me. To then label THEM the terrorists is pretty sick logic.