Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 19:40:23 +0100 (MET)
From: rolf.martens-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Rolf Martens)
Subject: Re: M-G: South African guns to Ruanda!


Richard P.,

You wrote:

(answering Bob M:)
>Heita
>
>You are of course right - the ANC government has been selling arms to 
>Rwanda and other countries for a long time. Tutu has raised his voice in 
>protest but his arguments didn't create many waves. South African's are 
>generally very insular and aside from hysteria about ilegal immigration 
>foreign policy has never been a real issue. Mandela hangs out with all 
>sorts of African tyrants (like Mugabe and similar filth) and his famous 
>shirts are given to him buy the Indonesian government.
>
>The issue of arms sales to Rwanda was in all the Sunday papers yesterday 
>but the the cabinet ministers concerned brushed concern off with 
>contempt. 
 
A question, since I don't know the situation well enough:

Are both (or all) sides in this Rwandan conflict essentially bad?
So that it's correct to stay out and not support any of the
parties, making propaganda instead that they should stop fighting
and come to terms?

Rolf M.



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