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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa....ap/index.html
Rhodesia under Ian Smith's rule: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYDg3ofh7dM Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe's rule: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh14N...eature=related |
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Uh yeah, Beautiful Apartheid. Glory, glory.
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Uh yeah, Beautiful Apartheid. Glory, glory. [/ QUOTE ] Apartheid was in South Africa, not Rhodesia. |
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[ QUOTE ] Uh yeah, Beautiful Apartheid. Glory, glory. [/ QUOTE ] Apartheid was in South Africa, not Rhodesia. [/ QUOTE ] Ok. Beautiful blatantly racist regime supressing a people's right to self-determination. Much different, I'm sure. |
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Rhodesia was called the breadbasket of Africa and produced enough food for of southern Africa; Zimbabwe cannot even feed its own people. Average life expectancy in Rhodesia was 60 years; life expectancy in Zimbabwe is 37 years, the lowest in the world.
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So because Ian Smith's successor was one of the brutal dictators in the world is supposed to excuse the fact that he headed a blatantly racist regime that supressed a people's right to self-determination?
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"Self determination" in that part of the world has always been the whim of the biggest strongman.
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life expectancy in Zimbabwe is 37 years, the lowest in the world. [/ QUOTE ] In all fairness, this statistic is as much a result of violence as health/nutrition problems. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Uh yeah, Beautiful Apartheid. Glory, glory. [/ QUOTE ] Apartheid was in South Africa, not Rhodesia. [/ QUOTE ] Ok. Beautiful blatantly racist regime supressing a people's right to self-determination. Much different, I'm sure. [/ QUOTE ] Well I don't support neither one of them, but if choosing between the evils I'd say Mugabe is def the worst. |
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That's no reason to celebrate Ian Smith.
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