Comments on: Tsvangirai “shelters” in Dutch embassy

By: Think_b4_speaking

Think_b4_speaking — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:20:22 +0000

What I would like to know is, what is Mbeki getting in return for his support of Mugabe? I am also amazed at the total apathy towards African nations currently spiraling down the toilet – Zimbabwe is only one example.

By: Dr.Cwac.Cwac

Dr.Cwac.Cwac — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:34:42 +0000

Perhaps they’re explaining to the opposition that it’s unhealthy to oppose Mugabe. It certainly has proven so for dozens others in the last few days.

Opposing Mugabe is certainly a good way to make yourself un-alive.

By: LT Nixon Rants

LT Nixon Rants — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:09:16 +0000

UNprepared for Zimbabwe…

Chalk this tragedy up to their laundry list of UNusually copious amounts of incompetence: UNclear future for Article 140 in Kirkuk, UNknown effectiveness of Iranian sanctions, and UNending genocide in Darfur….

By: wepeople

wepeople — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:55:11 +0000

Re-arm the white Rhodesian Army. I do believe they would assure that Tsvangirai would be the rightful President that he was and is. Where is the outcry we heard when the MSM wanted military intervention to rid Rhodesia of the evil white regime?

By: infidelpride

infidelpride — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:35:03 +0000

Is Tsvangirai the same leader whose wife was hacked to death by Mugabe’s thugs after she told them that she didn’t know where her husband was?

If we are into all that nation building in Iraq, which serves no long term interests (Mohammedans will always loathe us), why not work to topple Mugabe and start something else here as well?

By: irishspy

irishspy — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:26:52 +0000

with Britain and the United States raising the prospect of UN Security Council action

Oh, I bet that has Mugabe quaking in his boots.

/cynicism

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:40:56 +0000

Where is Jessie Jackson? Where is Jimmy Cater?

MB4 on June 23, 2008 at 5:26 PM

They are probably somewhere racking their brains as to how they can profit from this.

The first rule of sleazy punk club:
No profit, no intervention.

By: Harry Schell

Harry Schell — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:25:49 +0000

Mugabe has been getting away with murder for decades, literally and figuratively.

None of the whiners will ever do anything about it unless, maybe, he performed an unnatural act on Jimah Catah on live TV. No, come to think of it, that would just be in line with that part of the support cadre…

I dunno what will put him out short of a bullet…and he has all the guns in the country. An object lesson on being disarmed by your loving government…again…

By: a capella

a capella — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:25:26 +0000

Mugabe will walk away from this clean, even if he’s forced out. He’ll cut a deal, live out his life in luxury, and never have to pay for what he has done to the people of his country.

By: cthulhu

cthulhu — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:23:31 +0000

Are these the same Dutch that maintained Srebenica as a “safe area?”

By: Militant Bibliophile

Militant Bibliophile — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:59:23 +0000

Send lawyers, guns and money…

By: Cicero43

Cicero43 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:19:13 +0000

A U.N. commission is preparing a strongly-worded report at this very moment.

By: Mooseman

Mooseman — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:18:47 +0000

Hopefully the Dutch embassy will act accordingly.

By: Bishop

Bishop — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:55:33 +0000

Uh oh, U.N. action? Does this mean that Zimbabwe will lose its seat on the United Nations council charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection?

Racists.

By: ThePrez

ThePrez — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:36:26 +0000

Let’s hope Tsvangirai has forced Turtle Bay and the rest of the world to take further action.

Ah….Hope. :)

By: CP

CP — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:34:52 +0000

Where is Jessie Jackson? Where is Jimmy Cater?

MB4 on June 23, 2008 at 5:26 PM

Yeah, where are the (self-appointed) “Elders”?

By: Maquis

Maquis — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:33:49 +0000

Tsvangirai is playing one hell of a game if you ask me, and God bless him for it.

By: VolMagic

VolMagic — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:32:39 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if the World Can’t Wait-ers and the Code Pink-os would take a stand against an actual tyrant?

I know Africa is a far away and little understood place, but don’t all the One World-ers have sympathy for the plight of a people who’s country has literally been driven into the past under the rule of a dictator?

By: GeneSmith

GeneSmith — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:32:26 +0000

I think these Mugsy/Tsvangirai games are just a prelude to the Hillary/Obambi games to be played out in Denver…

By: Limerick

Limerick — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:31:48 +0000

Torn between giving a thumbs up to Tsvangirai and the Dutch or worrying if this will push Mugabe into some murderous rampage (as if he isn’t on a murderous rampage already).

Only the people can fix this. Do we give them the means? And if we do will we chose the correct means to right the country and not just send it into further chaos?

Makes worrying about tomorrow’s gas prices seem a bit trivial.

By: elgeneralisimo

elgeneralisimo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:27:48 +0000

How long can the UN ignore Mugabe now? Not much longer; Ban Ki-moon has openly questioned the legitimacy of Mugabe’s rule — finally. Let’s hope Tsvangirai has forced Turtle Bay and the rest of the world to take further action.

Yeah… good luck with that…

In this new century, we must start from the understanding that peace belongs not only to states or peoples, but to each and every member of those communities. The sovereignty of States must no longer be used as a shield for gross violations of human rights. Peace must be made real and tangible in the daily existence of every individual in need. Peace must be sought, above all, because it is the condition for every member of the human family to live a life of dignity and security.

Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 2001, U.N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan

By: MB4

MB4 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:26:07 +0000

Where is Jessie Jackson? Where is Jimmy Cater?

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:23:55 +0000

Great report Ed. Good luck to Mr. Tsvangirai.