They would be the naive-types I was referring to before who had clearly not read any history or watched a single documentary about war.
Potholes in the roads and an ailing electricity grid is one thing. Having cities levelled, people maimed or killed, and a tear through the fabric of society is not even remotely the same thing as the cost of corruption we’re seeing now.
It’ll take us years to recover from Zuma. It would take decades to recover from a war.
Here’s a reality check:
Syria's civil war: Images of horror
2 years of fighting leaves a legacy of hellish landscapes and graphic snapshots of life and death on the frontlines (WARNING: Graphic images)