U.S. government publishes Goldstone hit that defends… apartheid

This Goldstone hit piece, clearly supportive of South African apartheid, was on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty web site. RFE/RL is funded by US tax dollars. Even though there is a disclaimer that the opinions are that of the writer, R.W. Johnson, what the heck is it doing on the Radio Free Europe website? From RFE/RL:

as the political situation [in South Africa] changed, so did Goldstone. Entrusted by President F. W. de Klerk with a commission to investigate the causes of violence, Goldstone publicized much damning evidence against the apartheid regime but refused to investigate any form of violence organized by the African National Congress (ANC). This naturally made him the ANC’s favorite judge.

…De Klerk was furious at Goldstone’s sensational use of untested evidence and, knowing that Goldstone was ambitious to succeed Boutros-Boutros Ghali as UN secretary-general, referred to him as "Richard-Richard Goldstone."

Then, to the ANC’s delight, just weeks before the 1994 election Goldstone made dramatic allegations of illegal and partisan behavior against three police generals, effectively ending their careers. Yet Goldstone had made no attempt to put these allegations to the men concerned, nor allowed them to defend themselves or test the accusations through cross-examination.

Goldstone justified publicizing these untested allegations by saying it was important to give them publicity before the election. The ANC couldn’t have agreed more strongly: when they won, Goldstone was given a seat on the Constitutional Court.

Heedless of the fact that the doctrine of collective guilt has been the basis of anti-Semitic campaigns down the ages, Goldstone publicly urged all whites to apologize for their collective guilt and advised younger South Africans that they must not expect top jobs because of "the sins of the fathers."

The effect of these high profile actions was to give Goldstone international fame as an icon of political correctness.

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