>... instead of Arab armies we had to contend with soviet supplied cuban troops on our border. I know Africa's colonization/imperialism and cold war politics w

>... instead of Arab armies we had to contend with soviet supplied cuban troops on our border. I know Africa's colonization/imperialism and cold war politics were inseparable, but the fact that South Africa's apartheid government was the sole remaining minority-led government in the region[1] seems material here > Fortunately sanity prevailed in the end and the bombs and missile program got scrapped when a political settlement was achieved. Sounds like someone didn't want a black-led government in charge of the nukes[2]. I agree with the end result; but I question the motives. 1. Neighboring nations gained majority rule through armed conflict - excluding Namibia, which was effectively a client state of South Africa after being ceded by Germany in a world war. 2. Which would have been destabilizing, considering the white secessionist sentiment (minorority, but significant). There was a legitimate concern over right-wing separatists who were agitating for an autonomous white homeland/territory.