Communism Lives -- Zimbabwe Dies July 2, 2008

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

July 2, 2008

For those who have forgotten the horrors of Communism, the violence, misery, and poverty afflicting the African nation Zimbabwe offers suitable refresher course.

When it was known as Rhodesia, the country was the most prosperous on the continent. However, it was ruled by a white minority that limited the political rights of the black population.

Thus Rhodesia became the focus of international ostracism and diplomatic pressure in the late 1970s, when it was also under assault by Soviet-backed terrorists. This campaign culminated in the ascent to power of Robert Mugabe in 1980.

Today, at 84, Mugabe rules through terror. Armed mobs of Mugabe?s supporters murder and mutilate his critics and their families. Farms and businesses have been seized and ruined. The government?s debauchery of the currency has created an inflation rate estimated at nine million percent annually.

The horrors unfolding in Zimbabwe tragically illustrate what happens when the State is freed from the restraints of the law.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.

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