Comments on: Mugabe’s army getting antsy

By: JellyToast

JellyToast — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:09:10 +0000

I still remember years ago watching a news show about some white farmers that were co-operating with Mugabe. I watched as they talked at town meetings about the need for co-operation, that there was nothing to fear,, they were all just “trying to get along.”
I have often wondered what posts their heads ended up on.

By: SuperCool

SuperCool — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:19:46 +0000

N…43?

JUNTA!

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:17:42 +0000

“Z$10,000,000 (£4)”

They should have an immigration problem. Come to Zimbabwe, where everyone’s a millionaire!

By: iamse7en

iamse7en — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:39:28 +0000

Robert Mugabe?

Rob Mugabe before he robs you.

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Mugabe in trouble? « Internet Scofflaw — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:10:54 +0000

[...] in trouble? Zimbabwe’s army is getting restless, as it is no longer getting paid any more than the general [...]

By: Cicero43

Cicero43 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:07:12 +0000

A wall, blindfold and bullet. A fitting end for Mugabe. Say hi to the Ceauscesus when you see them, Bob!

By: Speakup

Speakup — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:31:37 +0000

Thanks Jimmy Carter for thirty years of hell for the Rhodesian people.

eaglewingz08 on December 1, 2008 at 8:35 AM

Bingo! But then, thirty years ago there were still a few Krugerrands.

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:22:18 +0000

Oops, as you were.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/mugabe-a-knight-no-longer/

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:20:22 +0000

When will Thugabe grab his golden parachute & run?

jgapinoy on December 1, 2008 at 8:37 AM

That’s Sir Robert Thugabe to you!
/s

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By: jic

jic — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:05:39 +0000

It’s a wonder that any foreign businesses have remained in that armpit of a nation.

jgapinoy on December 1, 2008 at 8:30 AM

I read it as meaning attacks on Zimbabwean dealers in foreign currency, not on foreign dealers in currency.

It’s funny – I seem to recall that Barclays (and Standard too?) had to pull out of South Africa as part of the anti-Apartheid sanctions, yet they continue to operate in the infinitely more vicious Zimbabwe? Talk about a double standard.

holdfast on December 1, 2008 at 10:47 AM

There is definitly a double standard. The world is a better place now that Aparthied is gone from South Africa. But their were and are much worse examples of ethnic and racial discrimination and violence in Africa that are ignored simply because they aren’t neatly color coded. If the situation in South Africa was a black ethnic minority oppressing the the rest of a black population, it would never have become the major cause it was. And that’s just sad.

By: Hening

Hening — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:04:26 +0000

Ultimately this is how ~~Chavez~~ Hussein Obama will end as well. Once a thug socialist dictator runs the economy into the ground and gets to the point where he can’t pay his thugs and bullies who keep him in power they will turn on him. wildcat84 on December 1, 2008 at 8:29 AM

By: wepeople

wepeople — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:55:06 +0000

Africa is essentially ungovernable. Kenya, DRC, Slaughter this week in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa the rape capital of the world, Somolia the pirate capital bringing the nations to their knees and on it goes. We have wasted more money over the last 60 years propping up these black thugs than what we are now trying to scrounge together to bail our own country out of hock. They have riches, they squandered our money and banked it in Switzerland, send in the marines and decimate the thieving, murdering thugs and rid the world of a pestilance. In this case, if we can take out the media, the people will likely hail us as heros and get their garden lands back. When I was in Kenya several years ago, a kenyan wrote to the Nairobi paper asking the whites to come back and restore the country to the order it had prior to the blacks taking over management of the country. He blamed the national government for all the woes. He was right. Now we are to see how a Kenyan governs the once most powerful nation in the world. This really ought to be interesting.

By: Diogenes Online

Diogenes Online — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:35:21 +0000

Mugabe had the foresight to ensure payment to his officer corps, at least in the more senior positions, but the enlisted men and junior officers make up the bulk of the force.

An officer corps is only useful as long as they can command. Seems that utility is rapidly approaching an end…

By: DL13

DL13 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:27:17 +0000

This is what happens under a dictatorship; power, greed and corruption have had their sway and the people have suffered. I’m waiting for some loon on the left to blame this all on Bush….

By: tarpon

tarpon — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:23:39 +0000

Jimmy Carter’s Mugabe has been long lived indeed, much to the chagrin of Zimbabwe.

I wonder what the joys of Hussein Obama, Jimmy Carter II, will bring to the world. Chart topping new territory.

By: Marine_Bio

Marine_Bio — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:23:24 +0000

holdfast on December 1, 2008 at 10:47 AM

Was this the intended meaning of holdfast or merely coincidental? Gotta ask, there aren't many seaweed fanatics out there. :D

By: holdfast

holdfast — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:47:49 +0000

It’s funny – I seem to recall that Barclays (and Standard too?) had to pull out of South Africa as part of the anti-Apartheid sanctions, yet they continue to operate in the infinitely more vicious Zimbabwe? Talk about a double standard.

By: thegreatbeast

thegreatbeast — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:36:35 +0000

Nominee for feel good story of the day.

By: scalleywag

scalleywag — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:08:56 +0000

Reminds me of my very own employer’s president…who just told all his workers there will be no raise this year, and probably not next year either. Not even the 2% we were promised. And guess who just took a 16, yes, SIXTEEN percent increase? Can I have my banana now?

By: Dr Evil

Dr Evil — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:04:38 +0000

I had hopes that George W Bush, would take out one more tyrant before he left office…George has freed a lot of people. Liberia is coming back after the devastating rule of Robert Taylor, people don’t have to live under tyrants…this guy Mugabe needs to go away…I don’t care if it is vertical or horizontal.

By: RMR

RMR — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:58:30 +0000

Taking notes Barry? Be sure and pay your “civilian force” on time. A pocket full of cash is all the incentive they need to keep the “evil corporatist” in line. Ha!

By: Branch Rickey

Branch Rickey — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:53:55 +0000

That image is the one that irritated me. (The rest were fairly sad) It is aparently a universal human condition to focus on the wrong things to fix problems. It will take real leadership from someone to pull them out of the culture that has been fostered under Mugabe. Marine_Bio on December 1, 2008 at 9:08 AM

Totally agree! Mugabe has been in power how long and we have politicians worrying over the manufactured "crisis" of ~~climate change~~ WEATHER?

By: Branch Rickey

Branch Rickey — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:45:01 +0000

Not good news for First Lady - elect, MEchelle; I'm sure she was looking forward to getting some personality pointers from the "~~good~~ general".... Take it easy folks, it's early Monday and just joking around - Mrs. Obama already has an abrasive personality and need not pointers.

By: Illinidiva

Illinidiva — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:34:27 +0000

They couldn’t do that. It would be akin to admitting that whites were not as bad as they made them out to be, during their run for power.

OldEnglish on December 1, 2008 at 9:11 AM

I think that supporting a fellow traveler out of blind loyalty is more likely.