Andrew Gold On The Beatification Of Nelson Mandela:
ALAN Gold on the beatification of Nelson Mandela:
Since he stepped down from the leadership of a nation with rising tides of crime and infection, his legacy can be divided between the man who ended white racist rule and the failed leader who left South Africa far worse off than when he was elected.
Yet he is still elevated to near sainthood by a largely unquestioning West… Because of the reverence in which he is held, few in the media ask him why it is that he has made a profession of befriending and supporting those dictators who are the declared enemies of the West.
During his time as president, Mandela was a strong supporter of Uganda’s insane dictator Idi Amin, of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, of Hafez al-Assad of Syria, of Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, of Fidel Castro of Cuba, of the theocratic leaders of Iran, and many other dictators. This may be viewed as guilt by association, but when he became president and apartheid was demolished as an instrument of government, Mandela rarely publicly acknowledged that it was the sanctions and disinvestment by Western governments and corporations, and the voices of men and women of conscience in the West, who had been largely responsible for the overthrow of white rule.
Yet despite his nation’s debt to America, Europe and nations that went out of their way to oppose apartheid, Mandela has been hugely critical of the West, associating instead with its enemies.
Celebs form an orderly queue…
Posted: 11th, July 2008 | In: Politicians, Twitterings Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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July 16th, 2008 at 6:34 am
it is absolutely not such a syndrome ‘coolandcalm’.
you have clearly not studied the history books. gold lies about mandela’s targeting of civilians: he always maintained that civilians should not be targeted. and his acceptance of the use of violence against military targets in the 60s was only after years of failing to make progress through peaceful means. when a minority has declared war on a majority, and that majority tries EVERYTHING to win their rights back but fails, bombing military targets is absolutely justifiable.
shame on gold’s simplistic view of history. he is completely off target with this horribly uneducated and grossly right-wing piece.
July 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Its ‘the Kings New Clothes’ sydrome IMO. No-one dares speak the words. I can see little difference between Mandela and Gerry Adams of the IRA. Both terrorists in a previous life. (sorry… I meant to say freedom fighters oops)