From: "John Beamish" 

He absolutely was a realist which is possibly/probably why he had the
political courage to make the changes he did.

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> John Beamish wrote:
> > But that's exactly the point.  de Klerk was a man of vision and,
especially
> > considering the circumstances, extremely courageous politically.
> >
> Yup. Or a realist.
>
> Adam

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