Mandela –The Great Statesman, An AnalysisSource:http://www.rhodesia.nl/goodcom.html
Mandela -The "Great Statesman"
Mandela with SACP boss, Joe Slovo
"Nelson Mandela is a symbol, an icon, one of the world's most famous statesmen,recognised and revered by all. He dines with royalty, associates with the world'sgreat leaders and his opinion is sought and valued on all weighty matters. He hasachieved an almost divine status in the world, equal to that of the Pope or the latePrincess Diana."Most people on the left of the political spectrum would agree wholeheartedly withthe above quote. But they run into an unexpected problemwhen someone asks"why is he considered such a great statesman?"The problem is that Mandela, apart from having a likeable personality, hasachieved next to nothing in his relatively short political career which saw SouthAfrica rapidly decline to the status of the world's most violent and crime-riddencountry, and, to add to the confusion, his greatest friends are communists anddictators like Fidel Castro, Moammar Qaddafi, Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein.His ex-wife Winnie Mandela, whom he quickly jettisoned when it became clear shewas a considerable embarassment to his political career, is a self-confessedadvocate of terrorism and violence and has even committed murder.In his public statements and speeches Mandela is always critical of the democraticcountries of the west, but has nothing but praise for the remaining communistdictatorships of the world. He condemns mistakes and controversial policies of thewest, but refuses to publicly condemn the genocides and brutal repression of current or former communist countries; he is supposedly a "champion of freedomand democracy", the "hero of oppressed people everywhere" but considersdictatorships like Cuba and Libya shining beacons of freedom and justice...
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