rjt

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Ex-Rhodesia leader Ian Smith dies

Mr Smith fought bravely in the fight against Facism to ensure the freedom of speach was avialable to many who attacked him for his policys.

Whilst I do not offer support for his actons I would say that no doubt many will feel that his country was better off then it is now.

RIP and God Bless Sir.

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Mr Delors said that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the community, The Commission to be The Executive and The Council Of Ministers The Senate. NO! NO! NO!
(Margaret Thatcher 30 Oct 1990)

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Little Englander (sour)

Yes, the winds of change blew away the good with the bad.
I spent weeks and weeks patrolling "Faith", "Hope" and "Charity" during the Beira oil blockade, just a young man then, sigh.

Britannist

Ian Smith judged Lord (Harold) Wilson (former Labour Prime Minister) and Lord Carrington (the europhile former UK 'Conservative' Foreign Secretary) correctly - he disliked both of them.

Phil Sheldon

If Ian Smith had committed only 10% of the crimes carried out by that murderous thug Mugabe he would have been reviled.

Harold Wilson, Prime Minister impersonator extraordinnaire, bears most of the responsibility for the ousting of Ian Smith and the subsequent nightmare that is Zimbabwe.

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Those who would sacrifice Freedom
for Safety
deserve neither.

rjt

Indeed, I thought he was a little too mild in his langauge when he described Mugabe as a gangster. I dont think I could be as controlled.

As my Priest put it in his sermon on Good Friday this year, a country once the jewel of Africa, a land of plenty is now in the grip of a satanic type evil.

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Mr Delors said that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the community, The Commission to be The Executive and The Council Of Ministers The Senate. NO! NO! NO!
(Margaret Thatcher 30 Oct 1990)

Ignore List: The Prophets of ST Al the Unelectable.