Posted on 07/11/2004 4:39:18 AM PDT by Ironfocus
Your analogy is correct, it is the same as other places where ownership changed hands through a combination of conquest and barter.
I would have loved to have been there and told this Saxon fraud to go back to Germany. After all, HIS people stole Britain from the Celtic people. So he should have his 22 Kg suitcase packed and start walking the Chunnel to the Continent.
Good point. The Selous Scouts were awesome soldiers. This was another case where the international community, ably led by Jimmy Carter, gave the communists ownership of the land with a pat on the back and a barn full of money. The war was lost in the UN general assembly, not on the battlefield.
It must be our fault... surely we did something to upset Mugabe. Maybe the French can help us.
agree bump
I'm surprised there are any left!
Well, at least it's not Aparthied. < /sarcasm>
So fleeing to Britain will buy them, what, a few months?
Mbeki says its because of slavery. /so
Their stupidity lies in not organizing to defend themselves, and in not availing themselves of all the military-expertise-for-hire that is available around the world. If they had collaborated and armed themselves when all this started - and there was plenty of warning - they should have had no trouble blowing away Mugabe and his Zanu-PF. Instead the played the role of colonial planters, waiting for England or the Useless Nations to "do something". They missed a chance to become the Israelis of Africa.
The difference is that the Rhodesians have no Arizona next door to flee to, with relatives and a capitalist economy. Where will they go?
They have no Nevada, either.
They can come here
I hope Cathy Buckle is one of the refugees before someone murders her.
The European countries won't help the situation for the same reason they supported Saddam Hussein. Some petty dictator can be bought cheaper than a stable government.
Get ready for the African revolution, says Mbeki
I remember a conversation coming up in an MBA project work group about Nick Price in about 1994. Someone mentioned that he was from Zimbabwe. I said that he should get out of that country while the getting was good. The others in my work group took great umbrage and asserted that Zimbabwe was just like any other country. I said that it was only a matter of time before the whites would be driven out. It looks like I, and not my fellow students were correct. I wonder if they recall that conversation as clearly as I do.
"No sympathy? Too stupid?"
That's right. No matter what justification you may posit for why whites have a right to live in Zimbabwe and South Africa, the reality is that whites are going to get screwed. Anyone who was not stupid and/or blinded by ideology should have known to get out when the getting was good. It is not too late to get out of South Africa, but it will be, eventually.
"Why is this different?"
You already know the answer.
This could happen anywhere there is no rule of law.
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