The side of Mangosuthu Buthelezi that should not be sanitised out of history
The recent passing of Prince [Mangosuthu] Buthelezi has ignited a raging debate among different sectors of society, characterised by a contestation among three paradigms.
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The recent passing of Prince [Mangosuthu] Buthelezi has ignited a raging debate among different sectors of society, characterised by a contestation among three paradigms.
In August of 2021, coalition forces - centered on a persistent NATO task force - orchestrated a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Before the international community could clear the last of their troops, administrators, and aid workers, the Taliban reclaimed de facto control of Afghanistan, signaling the unequivocal failure of a twenty-year-long engagement. The coalition's intervention began as a near-flawless unconventional warfare (UW) campaign, and escalated into a conventional campaign before devolving into a disunited mixture of nation-building and counterinsurgency. As NATO divide...
In August of 2021, coalition forces - centered on a persistent NATO task force - orchestrated a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Before the international community could clear the last of their troops, administrators, and aid workers, the Taliban reclaimed de facto control of Afghanistan, signaling the unequivocal failure of a twenty-year-long engagement. The coalition's intervention began as a near-flawless unconventional warfare (UW) campaign, and escalated into a conventional campaign before devolving into a disunited mixture of nation-building and counterinsurgency. As NATO divide...
The past never just disappears. About five million people living in France today – both French and Arab – have a personal link to the savage conflict in colonial Algeria, and feelings of anger and resentment and the desire for revenge have never been assuaged.
From my review of the 1965 movie The Battle of A...