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Robert Mugabe Stays On. And No One Says A Word Against Him

October 2, 2009

Robert Mugabe Stays On. And No One Says A Word Against HimIs it not remarkable how everyone seems to have forgotten about President Robert Mugabe? You know, the Zimbabwean dictator, the man who turned his once propserous country into a total mess.

When was it last time that Western leaders were expressing their concern about the situation in Zimbabwe and accusing President Mugabe and his supporters of brutality and murder? And when was it that the West was threatening the dictator with tough sanctions and isolation? If you remember when it was still fashionable to condemn Mugabe a couple of years ago some Western governments were even calling for him to be brought before the International Criminal Court in the Hague for war crimes.

But now everyone has forgotten about Zimbabwe. Mugabe continues to do as he pleases and the way things are going he might well stay on as president for another 10 years. Mugabe has allowed opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, to become Prime Minister, without giving him any power, and continues to run everything. The cunning fox, or Croc, as he is nicknamed, is looking after himself well and, as rumour has it, even travels around the world under an assumed identity with a diplomatic passport. And Western countries pretend that they do not notice anything.

All is well that ends well, as they say.

The saddest thing of all is that Mugabe remained in power simply becaseu he has the full backing of the African nations. All the talk about African countries ‘losing their patience’ and turning against him were just wishful thinking. Sure, some African leaders were prepared to say this and that, and even hinted that they awere not very happy with what was happening in Zimbabwe. But none of them were ever going to do anything drastic because deep down inside all those African rulers are themselves terrified of getting kicked out of their presidential palaces for their corrupt practices and incompetence.

Who on earth would want to create a precedent when a leader of an African nation would be forced to step down by his neighbours just because a few thousand of his people got killed or wounded? That would not be healthy for the future of the whole African continent, would it?

And, of course, you should not forget that Mugabe has powerful friends outside Africa. How do China and Russia grab you? They are both permanent members of the UN Security Council and they would veto any resolution that implies some sort of international interference in Zimbabwe. And U.S. President Barack Obama is not really setting the ground alight by critisising Mugabe, is he? Obama stays mighy silent about the President of Zimbabwe. And that sort of sends a certain signal throughout the world. You can get angry, but you keep it to yourself.

In South Africa, of course, thre is a Mugabe of their own occupying the presidential palace now. Jacob Zuma would never dare touch his former comrade-in-arms. He is firmly on Mugabe’s side. They are both communists, soulmates.

Western nations are now keeping silent about the situation in Zimbabwe, even though things there are exactly as bad as they were before. All that talk in Western capitals about the need for democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe somehow fizzled away. Not a good moment, you see. Especially when Mr Obama himself is not saying anything on the subject.

But back to Zimbabwe. The opposition over there has finally realised that there is not much it could do to change anything, so it is now involved in a bit of ‘economic development’, if you know what I mean. The Movement for Democratic Change is now part of the establishment and there are more importnat things for it to do than to fight for democracy. There is access to the money, you see.

Some of the African experts I have spoken to were very pessimistic about any positive changes happening in Zimbabwe any time soon. One of them even said that Prime Minister Tsvangirai does not really have a coherent programme to offer to the people of Zimbabwe. This lot is exactly the same as the old one, this expert said to me. Once they got to share power they forgot about their struggle.

So there you have it. The situation in Zimbabwe is not improving but no one seems to care. Which is not at all surprising, considering the sort of world we all live in.

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3 Responses to “Robert Mugabe Stays On. And No One Says A Word Against Him”

  1. Hoop T. Who on July 22nd, 2009 11:15 pm

    Thank you for a well done article! And let us not forget two major things: 1) Mugabe is sitting on a ton of platinum. 2)It’s Darkies killing and suffocating other Darkies so when the population dwindles whomever can waltz in an reap the spoils. And believe you me, they will take out Mugabe if he opens his Darkie mouth to protest or threaten. He better ask Saddam Hussien – oops, my bad he can’t.

  2. MrK on October 3rd, 2009 7:04 pm

    There has been no substantive reporting on Zimbabwe for the last 8 years. The only side that is reported on is American and British backed MDC, the parliamentary opposition. The MDC is a regime change party that was taken over by big business (Morgan Tsvangirai) and white farmer (Tendai Biti) interests within 6 months of it’s creation. A revolutionary workers party turned into a counter-revolutionary instrument for British and Amerincan foreign policy.

    Now as to President Mugabe being ‘a dictator’ – have you ever heard of the MDC? The *parliamentary opposition*? Which is now sharing government posts, such as Minister of Finance, and Prime Minister? So how far behind reality do you have to be to call President Mugabe ‘a dictator’? How would you define’dictatorship’?

    Now as to the ‘interview’ by Christiane Amanpour. This non-interview consisted entirely of Amanpour hurling accusations at the President, never listening or waiting for the answers, and insisting on MDC talking points that have long ago been debunked. For instance, she claimed ‘there are no economic sanctions against Zimbabwe’, when they are a matter of record (read Section 4C of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 – section 4C is titled Multilateral Finance Restriction). Even Tendai Biti in an interview with Southwest Radio Africa has admitted that ZDERA not only exists, but that without being able to access the credit lines that ZDERA froze, even the MDC cannot effect meaningful change in Zimbabwe). (To find ZDERA online, google: zimbabwe democracy economic recovery act 2001 govtrack)

    However, Christiane Amanpour would have nothing of it. Instead, she just kept on hurdling un-fact checked accusation after un-fact checked accusation. Is this what passes for interviewing and reporting at CNN?

    Astonishingly, she thought that rhodesian farmes farming in Zimbabwe was compensation enough to the Zimbabwean people losing most of their farmland. What arrogance.

    And by the way, I have references to everything I have said on record, so if anyone wants them, e-mail me at my website.

  3. Grenhilda on October 6th, 2009 2:16 pm

    Although I have my views on all the political situations, they are not for me to express just yet. The evil in Zimbabwe is like the bacteria that enters the body through an innocuous wound and ends up poisoning the whole system. Each act of evil unchecked is further infecting our world.

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