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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:01 PM Original message |
Some Knowledgeable Person Tell Me Why South Africa Gave Up The Bomb |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here are some links about it: |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thank you, your search skills are much better than mine. |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. All countries should follow South Africa and destroy their nuclear |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. They have no reason to keep up an expensive nuclear weapons program |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I believe they were a world class exporter of diamonds and gold |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Definitely not - but once the threat of invasion was mollified |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Yes, it was and is a poor nation. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. South Africa is considered a "middle income developing nation" |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes, that is why I said "measured by average salary". |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Good analysis -- here's an interesting point about the power "crisis" |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well, I read an article in a SA online newpaper - |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Fascinating. Can you share the reason that you heard? It can't be any |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Pure bigotry |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. That sounds like the most credible reason yet offered. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Except that the ANC was in favor of nuclear disarmament before it came to power |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That does not mean that they were belived |
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Middle finga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. My guess is, once they realized the tide was about to turn |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Too expensive to maintain two separate bombs under apartheid? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. It had no strategic value |
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Johnyawl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. thank you... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thank you very much. That was the answer I was looking for. |
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