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Re:South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies by rsynnott on Thursday December 05, 2013 @08:53PM (#6858870)
The US had to support the South African regime during the Cold War, because South Africa was strategically important. After the Cold War, there was no further reason to support it, and the US stopped supporting it.
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