Megan McArdle – The lesser of two incredibly awful evils 
"Itâs not that we should have to choose between Smithâs Rhodesia and Mugabeâs Zimbabwe: the former was forever stunted, the latter an unending disaster. The problem is with those who believed and sometimes continue to believe that the mere fact of succession by Mugabe over Smith was progress in its own right."
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/the_lesser_of_two_incredibly_a.php
"Itâs not that we should have to choose between Smithâs Rhodesia and Mugabeâs Zimbabwe: the former was forever stunted, the latter an unending disaster. The problem is with those who believed and sometimes continue to believe that the mere fact of succession by Mugabe over Smith was progress in its own right."
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/the_lesser_of_two_incredibly_a.php
