At one time, South Africa demanded, and received, action from around the world to force an end to its apartheid regime and allow for democracy and freedom.

South Africa is not free. Its a Communist democracy.

Did the world act just so we can have another voice defending oppression and brutality in Africa?

Yes.

Africa for the most part is a godforsaken shit hole run by tribal leaders who pretend to walk on two legs. I repeat what I said years ago, Mugabe should be shot on sight.

As for South Africa, it is heading where every one predicted.

jgapinoy on June 25, 2008 at 9:25 AM

Yes. And in a rational world diamonds, one of the most common crystalline-lattice minerals on earth, would be valued only for their use as tool material due to their hardness. As opposed to being lauded as “rare”, “valuable”, and “Forever”, as de Beers would have it.

The “special status” of diamonds as gemstones due to their “rarity” is one of the biggest con jobs ever perpetrated. Many other types of gemstone are significantly rarer; ruby and sapphire being cases in point. If not for the artificial inflation of the “perceived value” of diamonds, de Beers would never have become a major power in economics, and states like Angola, RSA, and now Zimbabwe wouldn’t have had the economic clout to force the rest of the world to put up with their local political and social psychoses as long as they have. And “conflict diamonds” would never have become a steady source of funding for their internecine wars.

A good source for some of the actual facts about diamonds, compared to other gemstones, can be found in the novel Shock Wave by Clive Cussler. While the story is entirely fictional, Cussler’s research on diamonds is factual.

cheers

eon

The ANC was less a democratic movement in South Africa than partially a way for tribes brought down originally as slaves to the Zulu to unite politically combined with a Soviet plot to gain control of the diamond industry. I’m not surprised they have turned out to be less than ethical in their dealings.

shaken on June 25, 2008 at 8:47 AM

YUP, and China is a big trading partner of Zimbabwe. Cutting off Zimbabwe denies South Africa Chinese port fees, duties, and sailors spending their pay on some food and drink onshore.

He has asserted that the HIV virus does not cause AIDS.

That’s a great asset to Africa.

When people asked what could be worse than apartheid, you all knew the answer: this. Winnie Mandela, roving gangs of murderous youth, Marxist government policies, support for tin pot dictators whose followers rape and murder the wives of political opponents.

Hard to see as the South Africans and Rhodesians I know are good hard working people.

Thanks jimma (welcome to barack world if he gets POTUS)

Senator Obama said in a statement, “If fresh elections prove impossible, regional leaders backed by the international community should pursue an enforceable, negotiated political transition in Zimbabwe that would end repressive rule and enable genuine democracy to take root.”

Senator McCain floated the prospect of sending Zimbabwe’s diplomats in Washington home and suggested that the country be barred from participating in African regional forums if Mr. Mugabe clings to power.

“I believe the international community must act to impose sanctions against Mugabe and his cronies and thereby hasten the end of that regime. We should consider expelling Mugabe’s diplomats from Washington and explore options with our friends in Africa and beyond, including suspending Zimbabwe’s participation in regional organizations as long as Mugabe clings to power. The results of the March 29 election must form the basis of a post-Mugabe resolution in Zimbabwe,” Mr. McCain said.