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Originally Posted by steeljack
One thing which no one has mentioned is the fact that Mugabe did not gain independance for Zimbabwe from Britain , the guy who brought independance to Rhodesia/Zimbabwe was Ian Smith . All Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo did was lead a bunch of killer marxist thugs armed by the Chinese, Russians and North Koreans . The same folks who shot down a civilian airliner carrying women and children and then machine gunned the surviving passengers . And what did the British Govt. do ? ....sod all ....so much for Harold Wilson and his famous at the time speech about our "kith and kin" .
Britain abandoned Rhodesia/Zimbabwe at the time of UDI in 65 , when Smitty took over, the bush war followed , with thousands being killed on both sides till 79 when a settlement between Ian Smith's Govt. and the Zanu/Zapu forces was reached.
Definatly not one of Britains finest hours
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That is fact and written down in history......Not very many members on this forum are old enough to remember...I think we have moved on and are, I hope more aware of what is happening in the world....You and I have moved from the land of our birth by choice...We hope that we are safe and use the laws of our chosen country to ensure that.
Rhodesia was and wonderful country, self sufficient and a world apart from the Zimbabwe we know today. Do you think that the British Taxpayer after UDI should have supported the one's who wanted to be free of colonial rule.?.......I don't think so...If they or any other British Colony or Protectorate wanted to run their own affairs...get on with it.
I think Magabi is worse than Saddam and agree that a challenge to his rule has been a long time coming.
Strutting like a peacock in his Armani suits whils't Zimbabwe starves.
I think that the distracting awareness of climate change should be focused on the climate in Zimbabwe where I fear many people will be subjected to the brutal and oppresive regime of the "Still Tyrant"
Robert Magabi