Posted on 12/07/2013 10:10:46 AM PST by EveningStar
...On his release, Mandela emerged as the one man who could bridge the racial gap in his country, sit down with the despised leaders of the white regime they sought to topple and come up with a deal that would turn the reins of power over to South Africas black majority while protecting many of the rights of the white minority and create the continents first real attempt at a successful multi-racial society. He made that deal and sold it to his people. To make the deal, he sat down with then-President F.W. de Klerk even before his release from prison and convinced him that the two of them had to work together to save the country they both loved. As a result, the civil war that might have been was avoided and while the tribal and racial tensions that have torn apart other African nations may lurk under the surface in South Africa, thanks to Nelson Mandela thats where they remain...
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Thank you kindly.
Hey Newt,
Stop drinking your bathwater, it clouds your vision and your judgement. Communist, terrorist, murderer, worshiper of Islam, friend of every dictator on earth. You are toast because you can’t see the evil that was Mandela.
He’s dead. I propose we let his body rot in peace instead of keeping him solidly in the public eye.
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