Why are there morons who think Ian Smith was a worse regime than Bob Mugabe?

Why are there morons who think Ian Smith was a worse regime than Bob Mugabe?

Because Ian Smith enforced a minority ruled government and refused to cooperate with the UN, Britain, the United States, and the Soviets with decolonization in Africa.

Once it was all said and done, it's hilarious how all the aforementioned countries did a complete 180 and continued to ignore the death of Rhodesian-Zimbabwe

They just hate white people

and how is that worse than Mugabe's epic tank-job of a presidency, blasting his country in the ass so hard that he basically deleted it's own currency and salted his own earth. Even most blacks hate the regime (though obv they still love the country) and have to flee to SA to get any work

who cares both no longer rule the country

Why are there morons who care?

to whom do you refer, they were both bad in different ways

Because then its just your standard story of African corruption, rather than a rogue holdout to decolonization. We don't care about corruption in sub saharan africa when it happens in 2 dozen other countries, so why start now?

this, Mugabe also faced serious criticism in the west throughout his regime

wasn't emmerson involved in the massacre of 20,000 ndebele

>Why are there morons who think Bob Mugabe was a worse regime than Ian Smith?

If nothing else, Mugabe oversaw genocide in Matabeleland which Smith certainly didn't.

>refused to cooperate with the UN.

in 1968 one of the highly respected senior matabele leaders, chief sigola sentan invitation to the Secretary General of the UN to visit Rhodesia, in which he said: "Rhodesia is a peaceful country, ther is no war here. the talk of the overseas people is the only thing that could cause a war here. our only trouble is from terrorists who come with bombs from russia and china, communist countries with no freedom of speech or opposition parties. we plead with you to come and visit us in our country to see for yourself what a peaceful country it is. why should the UN, which is made to keep the peace, come and interfere with us in this country where we are already so peacful. in our sindebele language we say:'you cannot have two bulls in one paddock.' we have our bull in this country, which is our government. we do not wish to be ruled or interfered with by anyone else.

the UN did not even reply to this letter.

why is Veeky Forums so obsessed with Rhodesia ?

A totally not gay fascination with the shorts

It's a noble symbol of Anglo Glory bringing enlightenment to the dark continent, in a valiant last stand against the forces of globalism and communism. Every self-respecting man mourns its passing.

One of the most successful African nations that fell to Soviet funded rebellions all the while being put on a trade embargo by the western world, tell me that isn't pretty much the perfect fucking hero story, only thing that would have made it better if they had managed to hold on.

If trump tards like you understood history there would be no dictators like Ian Smith to overthrow

its one of the most interesting stories ans has some of the most interesting battles/events in recent history

Because rather than viewing politics in light if that country's unique historical situation, it's viewed through the lens of domestic polititical struggles or just lumped in with South Africa and apartheid.

Ian Smith did nothing wrong

This.

it's the shorts

How could we have let them fall?

even the blacks realize that Smith was better than Mugabe