tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post3807474396389301413..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Splitting the Difference in Syria & Latin AmericaGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-49905234204640765662013-09-04T08:10:04.244-04:002013-09-04T08:10:04.244-04:00See also: the Shah of Iran. Maybe the only positi...<br />See also: the Shah of Iran. Maybe the only positive example might be South Africa? Weren't there similar concerns there (although not a dictatorship but in most ways more oppressive) about the ANC connections with the communists? Also, deep racial divisions maybe analogous to sectarian divisions in Syria. That (sectarian) aspect is probably worse than Cuba or Nicaragua was? Resolution was political in SA rather than revolutionary violence due to incredible statesmanship by all sides at the end but especially Mandela as I understand it. No statesmen in sight in Syria though...jdgalveznoreply@blogger.com