When A Crocodile Eats The Sun

[The Rabbi]

This is the title of a book I am reading now. It is by a white Zimbabwean who has emigrated but his parents still live in Harare. A lot of the book is involved with the take over of white-owned farms by Mugabe's government and the suppression of political opposition. This was written about 2005 but amazingly current.

The white farmers had been there typically from right after WW2--many of them are pretty elderly. They had spent their whole lives farming and they were successful. They also employed a lot of local blacks. And Zimbabwe was a net exporter of food.

Well, Mugabe just sent his chums, called "war vets" and this mob would show up at the farm and say "OK, this is our property now. You need to pack and leave." And that was it.

Of course the farmers all had their firearms taken by the police previously.

I keep wondering as I read it about what would happen if some of the farmers had an AR or so handy. The mobs are armed with clubs and knives. A good AR would go a long way to dispersing them.

Makes me glad we have a right of firearms ownership here.

[Im Neero]

An AR and perhaps 10 loaded magazines should do the trick.

[Guest nraforlife]

Yup, old Rhodesia has gone to hell. But its all the fault of those wicked, evil, colonial ex-masters. Make the country something to be proud of, well how dare they.

[R1100R]

I had a Rhodesian friend who was in the army with me from 79-81. He was in the

Selous Scouts during the war. He got out by marriage to a American/German girl

he had met in South Africa when he fled. His family had been there for four generations. He told us horrible stories about what his family has endured. I remember him being one of the nicest and most thoughtful people I have ever met.

Possibly the best soldier I have ever known.

[fury2neon]

On a side note, isn't the title of the book a reference to the end of time in one of the southern African religions?

If only the Democrat party did not want to turn our nation into the next Zimbawe...

[Guest tokarev]

I read an essay on the African troubles, called "Let Africa Sink", many years ago by Kim du Toit. It's well worth the time to read.

http://www.theothersideofkim.com/index.php/essays/36/

[The Rabbi]

On a side note, isn't the title of the book a reference to the end of time in one of the southern African religions?

If only the Democrat party did not want to turn our nation into the next Zimbawe...

Actually it refers to a solar eclipse. The Africans (or those in the book) thought that it portended bad events, and there were two during the time the author was writing.

[Guest nraforlife]

On a side note, isn't the title of the book a reference to the end of time in one of the southern African religions?

If only the Democrat party did not want to turn our nation into the next Zimbawe...

Look toward the inner cities for a view of the future unless things change.