Ian Smith -- THE EMBASSY OF RHODESIA IN ICELAND

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Date Posted: 16:27:22 02/28/08 Thu
Author: Thomas Orecchia
Subject: Ian Smith

It is with the greatest sadness that I express my deep sympathy and condolences to the Rhodesian expatriate community on the passing of Ian Smith. Please accept these few words as my own personal memorial to him.

It was my interest in the terrible state of immigration affairs within my own county that led me to find and read a series of books which focused on historical accounts of racial strife and national decay. Needless to say one of them was Smith�s The Great Betrayal. I read the book in the fall of 2003. I had known little of Rhodesia or her history before reading it. But after finishing the book I was left with a profound respect for Smith, as a man of courage and supreme principle; a longing for the well ordered Rhodesia which he described and that I had never had opportunity to experience, and; utter distain and contempt for the people and policies who led to its end.

Since then I have periodically searched the web to see what the latest news was with Ian Smith, and it only today (February 28, 2008) that I have learned of his passing. In this country those who lived and fought in the Second World War are stylized in popular media as �The Greatest Generation�. The term I think is just as (if not more) fitting to those, like Smith, who not only fought the oppressive tyranny of WWII, but then devoted the remainder of their lives to the preservation of Western Culture and its people in the face of insurmountable odds. I pray that we continue the fight with the same conviction, courage and tenacity.

May God bless Ian Smith and may his memory live forever within the harts of his people.

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