Phillip de Wet
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If SA wants serious German or French or American help five or ten years from now for peacekeeping missions, the time to stop bad-mouthing those countries is now, writes the author.
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South Africa needs to actively promote the idea of French and American intervention on African soil, starting yesterday, writes Phillip de Wet.
On average, American administrations don’t like to see thousands of its citizens murdered by hijackers flying planes into buildings. The French prefer not to be overwhelmed by refugees fleeing intolerable conditions in their war-ravaged homelands.
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