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Alan

Alan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Mugabe is the lowest kind of dictator, the one that is also incompetent. He blames foreigners for the economic situation in Zimbabwe. After confiscating foreign-owned companies, when the west doesn’t want to do business with his country, he shouts out “racism!”.

I find it sad that the rest of the African countries don’t take a stance against non-democratic governments in Africa.

Dan

Dan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Solving problems through violence is just something that Zimbabweans are used to. Between their struggle for independence, the Congo wars, and the violent land reforms, many folks there don’t know how to support themselves or feed themselves anymore without conflict.

Marian

Marian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just remember how good we have it here compared to those poor people, its hard to imagine wanting anything much for oneself after hearing that people in 2008 are starving. Well I guess tyranny will never die...sad. I guess corruption twists the mind beyond my comprehension.

Troels

Troels — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Eventually people will realize this is why there needs to be a second colonial age. It will be branded differently to avoid being linked with the abuses of old colonialism, but the positives will be the same - of able people immigrating and building infrastructure and law and order. At the moment Africa is incapable of doing it by themselves, this isn’t racism, it has nothing to do with race, it’s because most African cultures are hundreds of years behind developmentally. People can pretend otherwise to be politically correct or you can be a realist and more Africans will live rather than starve and move further towards being capable of sustaining their own democracies.

Pedro

Pedro — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Honestly how long is the rest of the world going to let Mugabe get away with what he is doing, now South Africa is being flooded Zimbabweans because they cant even get food in Zim. Some nations are simply not able to manage their own affairs.

Zimbabwe is an example of this.

Robb

Robb — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for all of your comments. Zimbabwe continues to be an untreated open wound on the face of humanity.

And I am astounded that the free world does nothing to stop the lies, the theft, the suffering and the killing.

If Mugabe is not arranging the deaths of more Zimbabweans, he is busy maligning the West for his own shortcomings.

How is the best way to get the free world to pay heed to the crisis, like they do to the Darfur problem?

The struggle for democracy continues.