Reminder that Kissinger was the architect of Rhodesia's destructionWhile it was Jimmy Carter who drove the nails in, and Harold Wilson ineffectually demanded it be destroyed the whole time, it was Kissinger's mid-'70s shift in favor of decolonization and away from the "tar baby strategy" for dealing with white governments in Africa that drove a stake through Rhodesia's heartNamely, his pressuring the South Africans into cutting the Rhodesians off from critical war supplies and oil supplies after Portuguese Mozambique fell to FRELIMO and the Rhodesians lost access to Beira was a war-ending move that ensured Rhodesia's ultimate defeat
>>18473409Well it was systemically unable to carry on as it was anyway so I don't know why it's such a big deal."Oh noes Kikeinger cut off the life-support early and made the inevitable happen in 1980 instead of 1990!".Also you are mis-characterizing the situation, Kissinger didn't have a shift in favour of decolonization as much as he was pressuring for an advantageous settlement, in material terms aid to Rhodesia increased, as did South Africa. They were trying to prevent Angola and Mozambique from repeating itself.
I saw this thread when you posted it on pol/please pick one board.
>>18473548/his/ is a shithole where anyone who gets btfo or ignored on other boards inevitably end up here.
