@billmon1 True: but also some Mandela envy: Savimbi was their answer to Mandela, the way Herman Cain their answer to Obama.
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@billmon1 Basically true but among conservative intellectual types there was a genuine cult of the right wing guerrilla (also Contras)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@billmon1 Lisa Schiffren's writings from 1980s are what I'm talking about: romantic celebrations of anti-Soviet insurgents. -
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@billmon1 Not surprised. We're not dealing with geniuses here.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@billmon1 That's exactly right. Reagan ramped up American alliance with South Africa (and many other thuggish regimes).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@billmon1 Yessh. Quite an epitaph.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@billmon1 Tonight has been a night of 1980s flashbacks. Seriously, we need a good book on the wretchedness of Reagan's foreign policy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Reagan's policy was consistent: n S.Africa & Angola he supported ethnic nationalists (Botha, Savimbi) over multicults(ANC, MPLA).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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