Landlocked Rhodesia could not survive with all of its neighbors blocking off its access to the sea and supplies. Thus was killed Rhodesia.
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There were many agreements signed by Rhodesia to agree to the demands of the 'international community.' IC backtracked on all of them...
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By the end, Rhodesia even agreed to a majority black government. The unity government satisfied all the demands of the agreements signed.
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Bishop Muzorewa, the PM was then boycotted by the UKOF and USState instructed Jimmy Carter to not meet him.
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The final agreement that was forced on Rhodesia called for fresh elections, new constitution.
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Key provision was that any party that used 'intimidation' (euphemism that included murder of opponents/voters) would be disqualified...
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Mugabe's Patriotic Front the Marxist-Leninist party was found repeatedly murdering voters, torching villages to force them to vote PF.
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Soames, the UKOF official overseeing the elections, refused to disqualify Mugabe's party even while acknowledging the evidence.
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So in end, the UK Foreign Office did everything it could, reneging every agreement made, to ensure that bloodthirsty communist Mugabe won.
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I don't want to defend apartheid in a tweetstorm. Rhodesia, by any neutral standard was an EXEMPLARY place for both black and white.
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South Africa requires more brainpower to defend.
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