tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post1151187786530142545..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: Big Malevolence: Fraser The Anti-Israel FantasistDaphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-6660940303047039462015-03-23T17:48:52.299+11:002015-03-23T17:48:52.299+11:00Isi Leibler on Fraser in the good old days: http:/...Isi Leibler on Fraser in the good old days: http://www.jwire.com.au/the-malcolm-fraser-i-knew/Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-23438325437076012522015-03-23T08:27:49.593+11:002015-03-23T08:27:49.593+11:00Oh yes, of course, Ian! Funnily enough, the person...Oh yes, of course, Ian! Funnily enough, the person who told me it had just been announced that Fraser had died commented to me that putting Mugabe in power is his lasting legacy. I said to myself Got to mention that in a post". But forgot :(Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-10290086811529627972015-03-23T02:18:46.046+11:002015-03-23T02:18:46.046+11:00Don't forget Fraser's role in putting Muga...Don't forget Fraser's role in putting Mugabe in power<br /><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/you-got-him-in-so-help-kick-him-out/story-e6frg7ef-1111116070981" rel="nofollow">You got him in, so help kick him out </a><br />"Fraser's 1987 biographer Philip Ayres wrote: "The centrality of Fraser's part in the process leading to Zimbabwe's independence is indisputable. All the major African figures involved affirm it."<br />Mugabe is quoted by Ayres: "I got enchanted by (Fraser), we became friends, personal friends ... He's really motivated by a liberal philosophy."<br />Fraser's role also attracted tributes from Australian diplomats. Duncan Campbell, a former deputy secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has claimed that Fraser was a "principal architect" of the agreement that installed Mugabe and that "he was largely responsible for pressing Margaret Thatcher to accept it".<br />Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.com