A Sigh of Relief over the Death of a Brutal Left-Wing Dictator

A Sigh of Relief over the Death of a Brutal Left-Wing Dictator

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/a-sigh-of-relief-over-the-death-of-a-brutal-left-wing-dictator/

Excerpt: Robert Mugabe was — ah, what a delight it is to use the past tense — one of those demonic despots whose name and crimes ought to be commonly known. Yet somehow, he never quite caught the imagination of the Western press, even if he caught its attention. The average person walking down the street knows about the Kims in North Korea, Saddam Hussein, and Ayatollah Khamenei; but you had to be interested in foreign affairs to recognize the name Mugabe as a monster who deserved to be lined up alongside them in hell. Some might argue Mugabe’s relative obscurity reflects a Western press that is uncomfortable with acknowledging the fact that a leftist anti-Colonialist revolutionary leader can turn out to be a bloodthirsty and brutal despot; some might argue his relative obscurity reflects a Western press that simply isn’t all that interested in Africa. (I think it's that the left lobbied to bring black rule to Zimbabwe, and when it turned out to be disastrous for blacks, averted their eyes. I have read that black life expectancy fell from 63 to 37 under Mugabe, but he was black, so all good. ~Bob)