I saw some meme of him talking online about being against Israel and people calling him anti-semitic, I looked him up and Google tells me he is universally recognized as one of the most brutal modern dictators as leader of Uganda in the 70s. Immediately I thought oh this dude may be based, but on Wikipedia it mentions he gained power through a coup and was initially pro-west. It continues by saying after that he drifted away from them and was backed by totally evil “regimes” like the Soviet Union and East Germany. And that he was like shunned by the UK for declaring himself “CBE”, conqueror of the British Empire. He was a Pan africanist as well, which leads me to seriously wonder if he was all that bad. Was this dude just a useful ally to the Soviets or was he a serious anti-colonial fighter?
I read that Idi Amin was a reactionary stooge. He only nationalized British corporations because it would be in the best interests of his people and to make himself look good, and he helped the Soviets to kick the British imperialists out. Yet he was an opportunist who went whichever direction he believed would best benefit him, and he reversed his policies and goals multiple times, and an inhuman monster. He turned rightward again after nationalizing British companies, and he only turned leftward to save face after Britain declared that he had been sufficiently used and was a loose end.