Pandor’s lifebelt diplomacy
There’s a sinking feeling about South Africa sucking up to a warmonger
26 January 2023 - 05:00
At the height of the battle for the Atlantic in World War 2, when German U-boat wolf packs were dispatching Allied merchant ships with depressing ease, US propagandists began circulating a poster of a drowning American merchant mariner.
The sea is about to rise over the terror-stricken sailor’s eyes while his blazing vessel sinks in the background. “Someone talked”, says the caption...
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