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FW DeKlerk is dead at 85
In reply to Chrissy
Well the World has one less despicable person walking around, how many lives were cut short by the policies of that man.
(Un)fortunately I know not of this man. Based on the first comments I choose not to honor him by learning about him
How many lives were cut short by Bush
In reply to Jabari18
You so young Bari ?
Such men seem blessed with long life..
Thankfully he was the last of a very dark era in modern history .
In reply to Chrissy
Look satan look, annada wan by di gate!!!
In reply to Brerzerk
In reply to Brerzerk
"Peter wait look De Klerk by de gate".
Bun he !!
Some big ones get bun in dat one ! Columbus,Reagan Thatcher with SA sanctions too..
Sadly this list was before Bush et al lol.
Opinion with regard to De Klerk is divided.He once was a part of the SA National party and its institutionally racist policies.However released and worked with Mandela to ensure a smooth transition of power to black majority rule in South Africa.A wicked man? Or a repentant former racist who was wise enough to realise that the regime was losing the liberation war and isolated by international opinion? He did apologise for the racist crimes of Apartheid when he stepped down.But some say he did so and befriended Mandela to avoid any war crimes trials that mjght have followed.Take your pick.He died of cancer.
In reply to Brerzerk
In reply to Chrissy
Some folks will come with their usual not everything he did was bad truth bombshell a la Powell
Good riddance to another symbol of peoples unjust experiences
In reply to Halliwell
Leff dem. Good riddance indeed. Not only was he still a racist, but he also left Mandela with all the debts they accrued and IMF restrictions on the way forward.
In reply to bravos
Soca sweet you know and with a message sweeter yet!!
Alan- Hey, but for sanctions and Fidel who clap two shot unda dem ass DeKlerk n Co.
wouldn't budge. Man frighten like hell when Fiddy turn up and the shock that Vix's Murca tell him this is not a fight wi gwine join yuh in.
In reply to Brerzerk
Yes man he bun up Botha too !
In reply to Chrissy
And remember how Reagan and Maggie bullied the free Western World to go along with their racist policy of "constructive engagement" which prevented the world from taking regime change action as well as protecting White settlers.
Media spinning him as a hero. WTF?
In reply to Halliwell
Colin Powell was a war criminal.An embarrassment to the black diaspora.Dont think he even said sorry for the lies behind the deaths of untold thousands of Iraqis arising from the illegal Iraq invasion.If yuh comparing Powell to De Klerk the former morally stank.Well for what its worth De Klerk did apologize didnt he.So although both criminals who is in a better place on " dee Day of Judgement"?
In reply to Alan
That apology won't mean much to the relatives of those who died in the violence stirred up by Eugene de Kock, tacitly supported by de Klerk, who also encouraged the violence by Butheleze and the Zulus.
'Glenn Frankel, writing in The Washington Post said of him, For years, Mr. de Klerk insisted that apartheid was in its origins an honorable vision of justice that over time had proven unworkable and unjust. He characterized the system as a mere mistake rather than a machine of brutal repression that had denied the vast majority of South Africans the most basic human rights. But in August 1996, he apologized to the countrys Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the pain and suffering the regime caused.
Still, the legacy of the apartheid years trailed him. In 2007, Eugene de Kock, an apartheid-era police commander who headed a death squad that targeted anti-government activists, said Mr. de Klerks hands were soaked in blood. He accused Mr. de Klerk of approving gross human rights violations, a charge the former president vehemently denied. I have not only a clear conscience; I am not guilty of any crime whatsoever, Mr. de Klerk said during a news conference in Cape Town.'
Legacy of de Klerk
In reply to Alan
Powell did apologize for the use of bad intelligence, however I do not buy it, he had to know that the intelligence was flawed, most honest people at that time knew it was, even without having assess to any high level intelligence. But Powell allowed himself to be used by the other war criminal in the Bush administration.
In reply to dayne
Stewwwwwwwwwwwwwps - over one million dead Iraqis didn't hear that useless apology. He was just another war criminal.
In reply to bravos
Young enough to not have been paying attention to the globe at that time. Got an update on the character from BBC. I dont think I need to add anything to that convo. He apologized but saying sorry after breaking a glass dont put it back together. I know u r not a fan of religion but tell me u wouldnt be satisfied knowing he will repaid for all his evils in the next life
In reply to Chrissy
The destruction of one of the historically great cities of the world. Loss of human life and childhood innocence. Radicalization of the family and friends of the victims of the unjust war. Sadam was a madman ally of the west til the dog bit the hand. At the end of the day it is only the innocent who suffered
In reply to Jabari18
no, that is the West's narrative, he was many things but not a madman.
Do we ever call Western leaders madmen? Like Trump?
In reply to Chrissy
Name change, "DeadKlerk."
Wicked sun of a bitch, I wonder if those devils thought they would've lived forever.
In reply to Emir
Trump is a madman
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