[Rockpile]

"A lingering death would be better for him. He's right down there with Pol Pot, this former darling of Western liberals. This is the guy the world cheered on to replace the evil Ian Smith."

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You are quite right but recall that Smith was already out of office and had been replaced as prime Minister by ----Murozewa?

[speedy]

You're right, Rockpile. There was a transition government that included Bishop Able Muzorewa and Joshua Nkomo as well as Mugabe. At least that's my hazy recollection of it. When I was in Zim in 2000, Muzorewa's son was our naturalist guide at a wildlife camp in Lake Kariba. We were told by our hosts that he would prefer not to discuss politics. He struck us as not only a skilled naturalist, but a dignified man, the kind that a bum like Mugabe can find no place for in the New Zimbabwe.