The liberation forces in South Africa WERE NOT at the point of throwing in the towel in the struggle against apartheid. It was Eduard Shevardnadze as a matter of curtesy who invited them and told them "Guys you have a month to work out some accomodation with the apartheid regime. After that dont count on us as your allies, for you will find us working with de Klerk".
Just in case you have been wondering about the origins of such nonsense as Bishop Tutu's 'Truth and Reconciliation'; a concept that throws JUSTICE out of the window!!
Eduard Shevardnadze will forever remind me of this most monumental betrayal by so-called allies.
Which brings us to Steve Biko's loud and clear call to all of us, i.e. "Black man, you are on your own".
Mitayo Potosi
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Eduard just may be an example of a person being promoted beyond his competence.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2003
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Apt lesson for our tyrantsWhen he was President Mikhail Gorbachev's Foreign Minister - just before the Soviet Union broke up into tens of independent republics - Eduard Shevardnadze was among the world's most respected statesmen.
But, apparently, power corrupts. During the 12 years that he has served as president of Georgia, he has come to epitomise political corruption and misrule.
History will not condemn him as harshly as it has done his fellow Georgian, Josef Djugashvilli Stalin, under whose tyranny millions of dissidents were murdered.
Mr Shevardnadze is accused merely of massive rigging of the presidential election machine so as to perpetuate himself in power over deepening corruption and a slumping economy.
This would, nevertheless, have been a mortal sin if committed by the very man whose vow has always been complete de-Stalinisation and thorough political and economic liberalisation of the Georgian Republic.
He precipitated the crisis, not only by the rigging but, more immediately, by denying it, refusing to order an investigation and - in a manner uncharacteristic of the self-effacing Shevardnadze the world used to know - thumping his chest with the declaration that he would never step down.
It was only after it became apparent that many of his security forces were moving over to the opposition that he saw the need to quit. This was, indeed, the saving grace, a reminder of the old Shevadrnadze.
Mr Shevardnadze admitted that, after this security split, any attempt to assume military power would have resulted in a bloodbath. Many a tyrant would have ignored this terrible possibility, dug in his heel, and landed his country in a holocaust.
He nearly did it. And it is an excellent lesson to Africa's many tyrants who choose to continue with the bootblack long after their power base has been destroyed beyond repair.
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--- Begin Message -------Original Message Follows---- From: Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Apt lesson for our tyrants Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:14:18 +0000 (GMT) Editorial Wednesday, November 26, 2003 --------------------------------- Apt lesson for our tyrantsWhen he was President Mikhail Gorbachev's Foreign Minister - just before the Soviet Union broke up into tens of independent republics - Eduard Shevardnadze was among the world's most respected statesmen. But, apparently, power corrupts. During the 12 years that he has served as president of Georgia, he has come to epitomise political corruption and misrule. History will not condemn him as harshly as it has done his fellow Georgian, Josef Djugashvilli Stalin, under whose tyranny millions of dissidents were murdered. Mr Shevardnadze is accused merely of massive rigging of the presidential election machine so as to perpetuate himself in power over deepening corruption and a slumping economy. This would, nevertheless, have been a mortal sin if committed by the very man whose vow has always been complete de-Stalinisation and thorough political and economic liberalisation of the Georgian Republic. He precipitated the crisis, not only by the rigging but, more immediately, by denying it, refusing to order an investigation and - in a manner uncharacteristic of the self-effacing Shevardnadze the world used to know - thumping his chest with the declaration that he would never step down. It was only after it became apparent that many of his security forces were moving over to the opposition that he saw the need to quit. This was, indeed, the saving grace, a reminder of the old Shevadrnadze. Mr Shevardnadze admitted that, after this security split, any attempt to assume military power would have resulted in a bloodbath. Many a tyrant would have ignored this terrible possibility, dug in his heel, and landed his country in a holocaust. He nearly did it. And it is an excellent lesson to Africa's many tyrants who choose to continue with the bootblack long after their power base has been destroyed beyond repair. Comments\Views about this article --------------------------------- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!MessengerEduard just may be an example of a person being promoted beyond his competence.
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