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Ian Smith dies
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Ian Smith, former PM of Rhodesia has died.
Mugabe has wrecked Zimbabwe; he's turned one of the richest African countries into one of the poorest, he's dismantled an independent judiciary, hounded journalists, persecuted political opponents and most amazingly of all made Ian Smith's regime look good... Everyone, except the Zanu PF elite would have been better off with Ian Smith. Unbelievable... One only hopes Mugabe doesn't have long left.
Mugabe has wrecked Zimbabwe; he's turned one of the richest African countries into one of the poorest, he's dismantled an independent judiciary, hounded journalists, persecuted political opponents and most amazingly of all made Ian Smith's regime look good... Everyone, except the Zanu PF elite would have been better off with Ian Smith. Unbelievable... One only hopes Mugabe doesn't have long left.
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:yes: I remember a few Zimbabweans being interviewed on TV a year or so ago and they said they wished Ian Smith was still in power. That's how bad Mugabe is.
Nice one, J. He actually was an RAF pilot who fought for Britain in WWII and suffered sever burns when his plane was shot down. He had to undergo plastic surgery to reconstruct his face.
I didn't know anyone had given him extra points ... although he wasn't fighting for Rhodesia, as it was at the time, but for Britain.
Ah well .. he's dead now so he probably won't sue you.
And something more recent ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/24/wsmith124.xml
Ian Smith wasn't 'evil' like Saddam Hussain or Hitler were 'evil' ... he was a product of his time, albeit that was wrong.