re: #31 Killgore Trout

Here’s TP’s article on some of the more unpleasant of Mandela’s attributes including his alliances with Arafat, Q’Daffy, Castro, etc

thinkprogress.org

Reader’s comments seem to think these are positive attributes

His friendship with Castro, Arafat, and Gaddafi was based on the fact that they helped him during his struggle against Apartheid. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Mandela maintaining his friendship with those who helped him when he and Black South Africans needed them most. Especially since most Western nations either helped the Apartheid government outright or were passive.

I appreciate Castro’s support of liberation movements throughout Africa and have never thought of him as the monster that some Americans try to portray him.

Fidel Castro in South Africa with Nelson Mandela