Ian Smith, last PM of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), dies

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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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Mugabe came into power because of people like Ian Smith.

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How do you explain the existence of similar regimes/dictators/strongmen around the world and throughout history? Ian Smith too?

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And just to be clear, yes, repressive and brutal dictators often follow moderately (in hindsight) repressive regimes. The Ba'th party in Iraq came into power after the monarchy set up by the British, the communists in the USSR followed the rule of the last Czar, Castro in Cuba.