Terrorism “Justified” Against White South Africans: UK Foreign Secretary<http://www.therightperspective.org/2009/10/17/terrorism-justified-against-white-south-africans-uk-foreign-secretary/> [image: David Milibrand]<http://www.therightperspective.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DavidMiliband.jpg>
David Milibrand UK Foreign Secretary David Milibrand said that terrorism can be justified, such as when it was used by the African National Congress against Whites living in South Africa during the Apartheid years. Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives show last August, host Matthew Parris asked Milibrand if there were any circumstances in which terrorism could be justified. “Yes,” replied the British equivalent to Secretary of State. “There are circumstances in which it is justifiable, and yes, there are circumstances in which it is effective.” “The importance for me is that the South African example proved something remarkable: the apartheid regime looked like a regime that would last forever, and it was blown down.” “It is hard to argue that, on its own, a political struggle would have delivered. The striking at the heart of a regime’s claim on a monopoly of power, which the ANC’s armed wing represented, was very significant.” *The UK Daily Mail* also reports<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206833/David-Miliband-There-circumstances-terrorism-justifiable.html>that Milibrand’s father, the academic Ralph Miliband, was good friends with South Africa Communist Party leader Joe Slobo, who shared views on international Marxism. Milibrand appeared with Slovo’s daughter Gillianon the show as part of a tribute to the Communist terrorist, who once wrote about experimenting with different types of explosives for bomb-making. Milibrand described fondly how, as an 18-year-old, he opened the door to Mr Slovo, who had turned up unannounced at the Miliband family home to discuss politics with his parents. At one point in the programme, Gillian Slovo suggested that if her father was to be termed a ‘terrorist’, then so should ‘the Bush administration for going into Iraq’ because it was using ‘terror to pursue political ends’. Mr Miliband did not contest her assertion – despite the Blair Government’s role in the invasion.<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206833/David-Miliband-There-circumstances-terrorism-justifiable.html#ixzz0UEniRLa3> Posted in Hello, Africa!<http://www.therightperspective.org/category/world-news/helloafrica/> . Tagged with ANC <http://www.therightperspective.org/tag/anc/>, David Milibrand <http://www.therightperspective.org/tag/david-milibrand/>, South Africa <http://www.therightperspective.org/tag/south-africa/>. *By* NewsGuy <http://www.therightperspective.org/author/newsguy/> *–* October 17, 2009 http://www.therightperspective.org/2009/10/17/terrorism-justified-against-white-south-africans-uk-foreign-secretary/ -- It is a good rule in life never to apologise. The right sort of people do not want to apologise and the wrong sort take advantage of an apology backs. - Karl Marx --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
