In looking at Mandela's embrace of Communism and Socialism it looks like most of the quotes came from quite a while ago. At a time when the US pretty uch supported Apartheid. Where could he turn for support?

At that time, too, Communism was a relatively new system that was generally making life better for the masses in their countries. The failures came later.

Not to say he was perfect but many of the choices he made back then make sense when taken in the context of his world at that time.

He had some warts, what great leader hasn't?