Posted by
JTB on Friday, October 12, 2007 10:29:34 AM
You need any more Halloween Nightmares? Here's one that is still going on for the poor innocent folks in Zimbabwe...
Approximately 42 years ago, in response to what they saw as the end of their way of life, the government of (what was then called) Rhodesia took a dramatic and controversial step. It cost them dearly, for, without the support of most of the world, they eventually (1980) gave in to the pressure of the the USA, the UN and the communist-trained (and equipped) armies that fought them and rigged the elections right in front of the UN teams:
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
11th November 1965
Whereas in the course of human affairs history has shown that it may become necessary for a people to resolve the political affiliations which have connected them with another people and to assume amongst other nations the separate and equal status to which they are entitled:
And whereas in such event a respect for the opinions of mankind requires them to declare to other nations the causes which impel them to assume full responsibility for their own affairs:
Now therefore, we, the Government of Rhodesia, do hereby declare:
That it is an indisputable and accepted historic fact that since 1923 the Government of Rhodesia have exercised the powers of self-government and have been responsible for the progress, development and welfare of their people;
That the people of Rhodesia having demonstrated their loyalty to the Crown and to their kith and kin in the United Kingdom and elsewhere through two world wars, and having been prepared to shed their blood and give of their substance in what they believed to be the mutual interests of freedom-loving people, now see all that they have cherished about to be shattered on the rocks of expediency;
That the people of Rhodesia have witnessed a process which is destructive of those very precepts upon which civilization in a primitive country has been built, they have seen the principles of Western democracy, responsible government and moral standards crumble elsewhere, nevertheless they have remained steadfast;
That the people of Rhodesia fully support the requests of their government for sovereign independence but have witnessed the consistent refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom to accede to their entreaties;
That the government of the United Kingdom have thus demonstrated that they are not prepared to grant sovereign independence to Rhodesia on terms acceptable to the people of Rhodesia, thereby persisting in maintaining an unwarrantable jurisdiction over Rhodesia, obstructing laws and treaties with other states and the conduct of affairs with other nations and refusing assent to laws necessary for the public good, all this to the detriment of the future peace, prosperity and good government of Rhodesia;
That the Government of Rhodesia have for a long period patiently and in good faith negotiated with the Government of the United Kingdom for the removal of the remaining limitations placed upon them and for the grant of sovereign independence;
That in the belief that procrastination and delay strike at and injure the very life of the nation, the Government of Rhodesia consider it essential that Rhodesia should attain, without delay, sovereign independence, the justice of which is beyond question;
Now therefore, we the Government of Rhodesia, in humble submission to Almighty God who controls the destinies of nations, conscious that the people of Rhodesia have always shown unswerving loyalty and devotion to Her Majesty the Queen and earnestly praying that we and the people of Rhodesia will not be hindered in our determination to continue exercising our undoubted right to demonstrate the same loyalty and devotion, and seeking to promote the common good so that the dignity and freedom of all men may be assured, do, by this proclamation, adopt enact and give to the people of Rhodesia the constitution annexed hereto;
God Save The Queen
Given under Our Hand at Salisbury this eleventh day of November in the Year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty five.
Signed by the Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith, Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers.
History has shown that Robert Mugabe, trained in North Korea by Kim Sung Il's forces, has been a brutal murderer (including many of those who fought for him). He has suspended and/or destroyed civil rights for everyone in the country (now called Zimbabwe). Mugabe has destroyed the food production capabilities of Zimbabwe and now tens of millions of neighbors who were once fed by the farms of Zimbabwe must look elsewhere.
Where is Bono in all of this? I have not heard Madonna complain about this madman. Sean Penn has been too busy playing footsie with Hugo Chavez (who is doing the same things to Venezuela that Mugabe did to Rhodesia).
To Hades, I say, to Eternal Damnation with the hypocrites! Millions are starving to death because Jimmy Carter allowed communists to destroy a former ally in Southern Africa.
Meanwhile, "Code Pink" demands we surrender to al Qaeda. " What a world, what a world..."
UPDATE: Has anyone got a great photo of a "fire lily" they would be willing to send me? If you put your email address, be sure to disguise it so the web-scrapers can't easily pick it up. Something like "setnaffa hosted by the dot com site of yahoo..." (to use one of my infrequently-visited email addresses).