DBWI: South Africa officially breaks off relations with the United States

They've been threatening to do it since the election, the Apartheid government simply refuses to accept the fact that a black man won the election. They've been saying that unless he "steps down, and returns the office to the white race it was stolen from" they'd break off ties, and today they did. The Soviets haven't commented on it yet, but I know that this is going to cause some problems. After all, how are they going to keep the war going if our main ally on the continent has broken off relations? Personally I'm kind of glad this happened. I mean it draws attention to the fact that we've allied ourselves with a psychotic nation, and with a little luck it will mean our troops can come home a little sooner.
 
One wonders if they will do the same with Canada- They have a Governor General of African descent!

(OOC: Yes, they do have one in OTL, but I think it might be interesting in this TL too...)
 
Such an action wouldn't be without precedent. The election of Thatcher here in the UK provoked an extended diplomatic crisis with the Misogynistic States of America.
 
They've been threatening to do it since the election, the Apartheid government simply refuses to accept the fact that a black man won the election. They've been saying that unless he "steps down, and returns the office to the white race it was stolen from" they'd break off ties, and today they did. The Soviets haven't commented on it yet, but I know that this is going to cause some problems. After all, how are they going to keep the war going if our main ally on the continent has broken off relations? Personally I'm kind of glad this happened. I mean it draws attention to the fact that we've allied ourselves with a psychotic nation, and with a little luck it will mean our troops can come home a little sooner.
Sheesh! You guys never get it straight. They broke off relations because he's COLOURED. Yes, 'colored' and 'black' are synonymous in the US, but NOT in South Africa.

If you're going to post on politics, at least get the politics straight.

What is this doing here anyway, it should be in the Chat forum.
[OOC: in that ATL, this would belong in Chat, in OTL, of course, it doesn't]
 
I'm sure its going to be difficult to contain nearly 80% of an angry repressed population without help from modern American weaponry. I know there was a reason we were there but since its been so long, why are there anyways?
 
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