["What happend? The end of Apartheid in South Africa because the communist outside influence of the ANC was not longer an issue. The IRA was forced to enter into peace talks. Yasir Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize, South and Central America turned to democracy, Daniel Ortega lost an election and his country became a home to investment. And you and I lived better lives spending the peace dividend.[/QUOTE]
That is huge simplification of some quite complex situations and how they developed. In South Africa the ANC, SWAPO, UDF, UNIP, ZANU, and probably others all played roles...often convoluted. Mugabe's role and the eventual ANC/SACP alliance was never simple and often not even clearly defined. Mandela himself repeatedly affirmed the ANC’s close cooperation with the South African Communist Party. This is conveniently overlooked by those who want to pretend that Apartheid died because communism went away.
I fail to see your connection between the IRA, communism, and the peace talks or the Arafat connection with communism.
As for Ortega, surely you jest. Ortega may have lost the 1990 election but he never lost influence. Who is the current president of Nicaragua?
