Nah, we screwed the Pooch over India/Pakistan. Admittedly under pressure from the US to divest ourselves of our Empire (look it up), we withdrew prematurely, allowing India to be partitioned, rather than federated. Palestine too....hasn't been good, but that could be because of the US vested interest in Israel. Kenya. Kenya. Zimbabwe. The list is endless. Zimbabwe 'worked' under Ian Smith: it was the breadbasket of Africa. The climate has changed somewhat, but now it cannot feed itself. From a practical position, de-colonisation has merely spread misery and starvation. Either we withdrew without safeguarding and securing proper government, or whatever safeguards we put in place were easily circumvented by corrupt and greedy politicians. Mugabwe went mad, from what I can work out, and now his people starve. And that happened in Uganda too. The Congo, Central African Republic, and Rwanda are French and Belgian problems, but the C20th relicts of Britain's Empire in Africa and Asia haven't done us proud. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, yeah, they work. I just pray South Africa doesn't go the same way as Zimbabwe.
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Date: 2008-01-10 01:42 pm (UTC)The list is endless.
Zimbabwe 'worked' under Ian Smith: it was the breadbasket of Africa. The climate has changed somewhat, but now it cannot feed itself. From a practical position, de-colonisation has merely spread misery and starvation. Either we withdrew without safeguarding and securing proper government, or whatever safeguards we put in place were easily circumvented by corrupt and greedy politicians. Mugabwe went mad, from what I can work out, and now his people starve. And that happened in Uganda too.
The Congo, Central African Republic, and Rwanda are French and Belgian problems, but the C20th relicts of Britain's Empire in Africa and Asia haven't done us proud.
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, yeah, they work.
I just pray South Africa doesn't go the same way as Zimbabwe.