Will Rhodesia Go Peacefully?

The Protracted Conflict

Secretary Kissinger and other of our official spokesmen state that the objective of our intervention in the Rhodesian situation—yes, I’m afraid it is intervention, even though we have sworn off the stuff—is “to prevent a racial bloodbath.” Without committing ourselves on the question whether this really is the objective, or whether it should be any of our national business in any case—after all, a lot of bloodbaths goonina lot of places—let us consider whether it is likely to be achieved. Stated positively: Is it likely that the shift from white-ruled Rhodesia to black-ruled Zimbabwe will be made peacefully?

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The Protracted Conflict

Secretary Kissinger and other of our official spokesmen state that the objective of our intervention in the Rhodesian situation—yes, I’m afraid it is intervention, even though we have sworn off the stuff—is “to prevent a racial bloodbath.” Without committing ourselves on the question whether this really is the objective, or whether it should be any of our national business in any case—after all, a lot of bloodbaths goonina lot of places—let us consider whether it is likely to be achieved. Stated positively: Is it likely that the shift from white-ruled Rhodesia to black-ruled Zimbabwe will be made peacefully?