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Article #540796Re: The Boer War Remembered
From: Ms Smith
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:00
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:00
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On May 28, 5:22 pm, The Revd <abu...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On May 21, 1:55 pm, Ms Smith <pley...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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> > On May 21, 6:43 pm, Ms Smith <pley...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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> > > On May 21, 9:36 am, Don Ocean <o....@amerion.com> wrote:
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> > > > Binjamin Cram'er wrote:
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> > > > > "Ms Smith" <pley...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> > > > >news:1179650362.999018.138100@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> > > > >> On May 20, 12:37 pm, "Binjamin Cram'er" <yid...@hume.net> wrote:
> > > > >>> "Don Ocean" <o....@amerion.com> wrote in message
>
> > > > >>>news:5b9q0sF2qo4juU2@mid.individual.net...
>
> > > > >>> > Binjamin Cram'er wrote:
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> > > > >>> >> "Ms Smith" <pley...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> > > > >>> >>news:1179557452.573682.186540@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> > > > >>> >>> On May 19, 4:27 pm, Don Ocean <o....@amerion.com> wrote:
> > > > >>> >>>> Ms Smith wrote:
> > > > >>> >>>> > On May 19, 3:34 am, The Revdd <abu...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>> >>>> >> On May 18, 7:29 pm, "JBgarbuz" <jga...@netzero.com> wrote:
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> > > > >>> >>>> >>> "Binjamin Cram'er" <yid...@hume.net> wrote in message
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>news:Rv2dnSc9cN3x19DbnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@giganews.com...
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>> "JBgarbuz" <jga...@netzero.com> wrote in message
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>news:464c772f$0$8096$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> "Heinrich" <Hein...@Ruhrgasnet.de> wrote in message
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>news:5avoseF2p1vrvU1@mid.individual.net...
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 was more than the first
> > > > >>> major
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> military
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> clash
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> of the 20th century. Pitting as it did the might of the
>
> > > > >>> >>>> globe-girdling
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> British Empire, backed by international finance, against
> > > > >>> a >>>> >>>>>> small
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> pioneering
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> nation of independent-minded farmers, ranchers and
> > > > >>> merchants >>>> >>>>>> in
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> southern
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Africa who lived by the Bible and the rifle, its legacy
> > > > >>> >>>> continues >>>>>> to
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> resonate today. The Boers' recourse to irregular warfare,
> > > > >>> and
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Britain's
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> response in herding a hundred thousand women and children
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> into
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> concentration
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> camps foreshadowed the horrors of guerilla warfare and mass
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> detention
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> of
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> innocents that have become emblematic of the 20th century.
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> The Dutch, Huguenot and German ancestors of the Boers first
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> settled the
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> Cape
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> area of South Africa in 1652. After several attempts,
> > > > >>> Britain
> > > > >>> >>>> took
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> control
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> of it in 1814. Refusing to submit to foreign colonial rule,
> > > > >>> >>>> 10,000
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> Boers
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> left the Cape area in the Great Trek of 1835-1842. The
> > > > >>> >>>> trekkers >>>>>> moved
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> northwards, first to Natal and then to the interior
> > > > >>> highlands
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> where
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> they
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> set
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> up two independent republics, the Orange Free State and the
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> South
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> African
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> (Transvaal) Republic. The Boers (Dutch: "farmers") worked
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> hard
> > > > >>> >>>> to >>>>>> build
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> a
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> new life for themselves. But they also had to fight to keep
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> their
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> fledgling
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> republics free of British encroachment and safe from native
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> African
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> attacks.
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Their great leader was Paul Kruger, an imposing, passionate
> > > > >>> >>>> and >>>>>> deeply
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> religious man. The bearded, patriarchal figure was
> > > > >>> beloved by
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> his
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> people,
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> who affectionately referred to him as "Oom Paul" (Uncle
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Paul).
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Born
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> into
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> a
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> relatively well-to-do Cape colony farming family in 1825, he
> > > > >>> >>>> took >>>>>> part
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> as
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> a
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> boy in the Great Trek. He married at the age of 17, became a
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> widower at
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> 21,
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> remarried twice, and fathered 16 children. With just a few
> > > > >>> >>>> months >>>>>> of
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> schooling, his reading was confined almost entirely to the
> > > > >>> >>>> Bible. >>>>>> He
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> was
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> an
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> avid hunter, an expert horseman, and an able swimmer and
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> diver.
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Over his lifetime, Kruger repeatedly proved his courage and
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> resourcefulness
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> in numerous pitched military engagements. When he was 14 he
> > > > >>> >>>> fought >>>>>> in
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> his
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> first battle, a commando raid against Matabele regiments,
> > > > >>> and
> > > > >>> >>>> also >>>>>> shot
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> his
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> first lion. While in his twenties he took part in two major
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> battles
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> against
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> native black forces.
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Four times he was elected President of the Transvaal >>>>
> > > > >>> >>>>>> republic.
> > > > >>> >>>> His
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> courage,
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> honesty and devotion helped greatly to sustain the morale of
> > > > >>> >>>> his >>>>>> people
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> during the hard years of conflict. A contemporary observer
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> described
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> Kruger
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> as a "natural orator; rugged in speech, lacking in measured
> > > > >>> >>>> phrase >>>>>> and
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> in
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> logical balance; but passionate and convincing in the
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> unaffected
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> pleading
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> of
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> his earnestness."(1)
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Gold and Diamonds
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> The discovery of gold at Witwatersrand in the Transvaal in
> > > > >>> >>>> 1886 >>>>>> ended
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Boer
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> seclusion, and brought a mortal threat to the young nation's
> > > > >>> >>>> dream >>>>>> of
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> freedom from alien rule. Like a magnet, the land's rich gold
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> deposits
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> drew
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> waves of foreign adventurers and speculators, whom the Boers
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> called
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> "uitlanders" ("outlanders"). By 1896 the population of
>
> > > > >>> >>>> Johannesburg had
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> grown to more than a hundred thousand. Of the 50,000 white
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> residents,
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> only
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> 6,205 were citizens.(2)
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> As often happens in history, important aspects of the
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Anglo-Boer
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> conflict
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> came to light only years after the fighting had ended. In a
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> masterful
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> 1979
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> study, The Boer War, British historian Thomas Pakenham
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> revealed
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> previously
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> unknown details about the conspiracy of British colonial
> > > > >>> >>>> officials >>>>>> and
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> Jewish financiers to plunge South Africa into war. The
> > > > >>> men >>>> >>>>>> who
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> flocked
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> to
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> South Africa in search of wealth included Cecil Rhodes, the
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> renowned
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> English
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> capitalist and imperial visionary, and a collection of
> > > > >>> >>>> ambitious >>>>>> Jews
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> who,
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> together with him, were to play a decisive role in fomenting
> > > > >>> >>>> the >>>>>> Boer
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>>> war.
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> You fail to mention that the Boers, as with the civil war in
> > > > >>> >>>> the >>>>> US
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> South,
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> were advocates of racial
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>>> apartheid and slavery,
> > > > >>> >>>> >>>> As are the stinky yids, garbageguz.<
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> The only apartheid I approve of is separating the civilized
> > > > >>> from
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> the
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> savages, like you, for example.
> > > > >>> >>>> >>> Savages come in all colors.
> > > > >>> >>>> >> All semites are savages. Whatever their religion (if any).
>
> > > > >>> >>>> >> There were universities in Africa when you people were still
> > > > >>> >>>> wandering
> > > > >>> >>>> >> around in the Egyptian desert circumcising each other!
>
> > > > >>> >>>> > So big fella you agree with what your 2nd cousin Hitler
> > > > >>> achieved >>>> > in
> > > > >>> >>>> > the 1940's ?
>
> > > > >>> >>>> > Ms Smith
>
> > > > >>> >>>> Perhaps thinning out the herd needs to be done again. The Jews
> > > > >>> have >>>> a
> > > > >>> >>>> very hard time getting over the fact that Hitler called their
> > > > >>> >>>> arrogance
> > > > >>> >>>> to Heel. They claimed to be the Chosen people..The Master Race..
> > > > >>> And
> > > > >>> >>>> Little ole Germany turned that Master race into fertilizer..
> > > > >>> Which >>>> for
> > > > >>> >>>> the most part the Jews had brought on themselves with their
> > > > >>> greed >>>> and
> > > > >>> >>>> avarice.
>
> > > > >>> >>> With absurd comment like that I assume Mr Wave that you watch your
> > > > >>> >>> back everytime you decide to leave the house ?
>
> > > > >>> >> Hardly absurd to any but the stinky yids.
>
> > > > >>> > Ben, this kunt is one of yours!
>
> > > > >>> But we don't want it. Perhaps I can locate it
>
> ...
>
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Is your first language English Rev ?
Ms Smith
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Ms Smith <pley...@bigpond.net.au> Newsgroups: alt.terrorism.world-trade-center,soc.culture.israel,alt.games.diablo,alt.gossip.royalty,alt.abortion Subject: Re: The Boer War Remembered Date: 28 May 2007 02:00:17 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 294 Message-ID: <1180342817.273908.295290@g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com> References: <1179534261.108357.249320@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <5b7jm4F2rphkqU1@mid.individual.net> <1179557452.573682.186540@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <MdWdnVz7Dp42I9PbnZ2dnUVZ_v-tnZ2d@giganews.com> <5b9q0sF2qo4juU2@mid.individual.net> <OcGdnfoXv-z-KdLbnZ2dnUVZ_rOqnZ2d@giganews.com> <1179650362.999018.138100@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <l6mdnbfbPpl3jM3bnZ2dnUVZ_uqvnZ2d@giganews.com> <5bc4c3F2su6h1U4@mid.individual.net> <1179736990.430170.123880@r3g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <1179752100.678924.59930@y2g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <1180336959.966263.238130@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 124.184.196.139 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1180342824 29464 127.0.0.1 (28 May 2007 09:00:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:00:24 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <1180336959.966263.238130@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/419 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups...@google.com Injection-Info: g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=124.184.196.139; posting-account=w_SYSw0AAACmSmXiF0PFeL90gwhBByi2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit