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[–]NolobenGlory to Great Russian Empire! Today Ukraine, tomorrow Canada![S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

He was always controlled opposition.

Maybe at first, but by the time the US was literally sanctioning and vilifying his regime it was clear that he was genuine. The US supported Saddam during the Iran-Iraq War, but overall Saddam was still a great nationalist leader.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even if he was, Mugabe still made the biggest mistake of going to war against Rhodesia. He basically fell for the racism meme, even though there where Black Soldiers who knew Communism was a bigger threat, and they were still under good hands with the White Man.

Now look at the country today? Zimbabwe went from being the breadbasket of Africa, to the basket case.