Originally Posted by
STTAB
Purely economics as to why we don't put our foot down when it comes to SA. If they stopped selling oil in US dollars, that would seriously weaken the dollar.
Of course , one would think we could tell them that if they stop selling oil in US Dollars, we stop selling them military hardware and that would no longer be a threat,but we're wimps so there's that.
Wimps? Definitely. But that one word hardly described those deluded into believing we are "helping democracy" and our alignment with SA is mutually beneficial. We mere peasants aren't smart enough to see the greed through the political/diplomatic smoke and mirrors
Being ally to a SA is akin to being allied to Russia during WWII. Aligning ourselves with despotic rulers because they say the magic word (democracy) is a major issue with us.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke