Cover-up more likely. What was the response from South Africa, Zimbabwe should have a coalition government. Mugabe stays, Zimbabwe gets off the front page, the world forgets and Mugabe goes on killing.

This is the same as what happened in Kenya. The opposition leader who lost the election (Yes, I know questions were raised, but by who?) gets into a coalition government as Prime Minister. This is the guy who made a pact with the Kenyan Muslims to push Sharia for all of Kenya. This is the guy whose party activist torched a Christian church with parishioners inside. This is the guty Obama campaigned for in 2006 and who Morris advised.

Great win-win solution.

It “Sucks to Be Me” when you’re a farmer in Zimbabwe, and Mugabe and his band of murderous thugs have just announced that they will stay in power through a campaign of brutality and intimidation (see Hot Air for details)….

Carter has also stated recently that it is so much easier to talk to a dictator as opposed to a Democratically elected leader, since the “dictator speaks for all the people.”

Speaking of which, if anyone thinks that Mr. Tsavangirai will be safe if he leaves Rhodesia Zimbabwe Mugabestan, as I said before, consider the fate of Beningo Aquino. In Mugabe’s mind (such as it is), such “defiance” as actually daring to run against him in a (semi)free election cannot be allowed to go unpunished.

And after the fact, if anyone protests, he’ll just smile, tell them to f**k off- and go back to figuring out new ways to slaughter people wholesale.

As for why he does any of it- it’s about time we realized that there really are monsters in the world. And they don’t hide in forests, mountains, or “lochs”. In fact, they have an irritating habit of standing on balconies and being cheered by crowds who either do not understand the nature of the beasts that rule them- or do so because they are all too acutely aware of what happens to those who do not cheer and applaud on cue.

And it is our “best and brightest” ( or at least our elites who believe themselves to be such) who keep helping these monsters attain the power they lust after.

With the very best of intentions, of course. Rather like Faust.

cheers

eon

Someone has their mind going in a particular direction…

Ares on June 22, 2008 at 10:23 AM

Actually that was the one time when Tony Blair did respond to abuse but whatever you have your narrative to follow.

Let it be known that if was in the power the ultra idalistic, uber liberal neo-cons, this barbarism would be struck down by force.

Carter is unrepentant about his administration’s support for Mugabe. At a Carter Center event in Boston on June 8, [2007] … Carter admitted that “we supported two revolutionaries in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo.” He adopts the “good leader gone bad” hindsight of Mugabe’s early backers, stating that “at first [Mugabe] was a very enlightened president.” While conceding that Mugabe is now “oppressive,” Carter stressed that this murderer of tens of thousands “needs to be treated with respect and assured that if he does deal with those issues [democratization and human rights], he won’t be punished or prosecuted for his crimes.“

Crater REFUSED to honor the will of the people who DEFEATED Mugabe in a real election. Carter REFUSED TO MEET with the democratically elected government when they came to the US…no, Carter knew BETTER than the people that elected Mugabe’s opponent…Carter insisted Mugabe be part of “reconciling the best outcome of the election” and paved the way for Mugabe to rule.

Obama is Carter-appeasement x 10. God save any countries that Obama decides to throw under the bus.

The HELL you say!

Folks, I say the same thing I said a coupel months ago: while Zimbabwe is the the worst in degree, it is qualitatively on the same spectrum as the rest of sub-Saharan africa. The only time Africa was even somewhat civilized was when it was ruled by Europeans.

Which is why these calls to “intervene now!” and, presumably, spread democracy to Zimbabwe are nothing short of insane. You think we got more than we bargained for going to into Iraq? Just wait until you try to make a semi-decent, minimally-functional place out of an African country.

And this event gives us Barack Hussein Obama’s re-election plan for 2012.

I wonder if Jimmy Carter and Andrew Young still think it was a good idea to nix the original political deal for Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, thus clearing the way for Mugabe.

They have a helluva legacy, there.

irishspy on June 22, 2008 at 10:39 AM

Yeap. And these two will be carted about Denver as Pashas on elephants with rose petals thrown at their feet. They don’t care what happens in any country such as this, as long as it is purged of U.S. or Western influence. That is how Clinton and Albright operated and the way Obama would operate as POTUS. The Donks for some sick reason believe U.S. national interests should never be protected.

Mugabe holds a degree in economics from London University

Either London University isn’t much of a school, or Mugabe didn’t learn anything about economics while there.

The question will be whether the world will respond

Rrriiiggghhhtttt.

Heehee

They have a helluva legacy, there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/508712.stm

Cue: Multi-culti cognitive dissonance meltdown followed by total silence from the UK.