Another hard question how would other people do it differently if we had a time machine to stop the war and get a better leader instead of starting at a war.

In the 70s the Cold War was raging. Vietnam just ended in 75,the Yam Kippur war happened in 73 so things in the Arab world between the Shah of Iran (Shiite) and Sadam Hussien (Sunnie) were always bad.And both hated Isreal,the Shah more tolerant! The Russians armed Eygypt and Iraq and Jordan and Syria! South Africa was one of the top 10 economies in the world, Diamonds Gold Titanium a wealth of natural resources! Apartheid started with the Boers and British in the later part of the 19th century!THey actually fought each other for control,and both fought the Zulu for control! Nelson Mandella was a subversive Communist guerrilla and bomber responsible for several deaths! The ANC stood for the African National Communist party,then they changed it so they would receive money from America! Zimbabwe was Rhodesia mostly White controlled was overrun by Black guerrilla factions under Robert Mugabe who won control,with Russian help. Marxists supported Cuban who were in Angola still at this time!The cold war was fought all over Africa under the auspices of Marxist Freedom fighter freeing Imperialist conquers, and The United States fighting Communism!