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It depends what you mean by a couple of political cycles away. The Democrats and Bill Clinton considered Mandela a terrorist. It was George W Bush who in 2008
by 1cvmask 5y ago
It depends what you mean by a couple of political cycles away.
The Democrats and Bill Clinton considered Mandela a terrorist.
It was George W Bush who in 2008 lifted Mandela from the terrorist watch list - although he waited till the end of his second term and for Mandela to approach the age of 90.
https://www.france24.com/en/20080702-us-drops-mandela-terrorist-list-south-africa-usa https://www.france24.com/en/20080702-us-drops-mandela-terror...
- chrischen 5y ago> The Democrats and Bill Clinton considered Mandela a terrorist. > He explained that the original purpose of the law, introduced during the 1980s while Ronald Reagan was president, was to fight terrorism. "So we're pleased that we could make this correction to what is otherwise a good and important piece of legislation," he said. >> Their original placement on the list occurred during the Reagan admininstration. ?