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Zimbabwe against the world : Comments

By Andrew Elder, published 10/1/2008

Troublesome Africa - it woulda/coulda/shoulda been cheap 'n' easy to wipe out Mugabe.

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The barely reported recent death of Ian Smith concentrated on how ‘bad’ the man who had Rhodesia running like clockwork and very rich for a small, African country. Not a word of criticism about the fiend Mugabe who replaced him.

Of course, Mugabe is black and it’s OK by the self-hating white do-gooders for a black man to kill and oppress fellow blacks, whereas a white man can do no good at all and is, automatically, a racist. As Mugabe is killing off and suppressing his own kind, I suppose he can hardly be called a racist for that; but he certainly is a racist in his badmouthing of whites when he blames them for the problems he has caused in his own country. The word “turd” used by the author for this animal is far too nice.

Since colonial ‘oppressors’ have left Africa, it should be clear to even the biggest dunderhead that Africans are simply not capable of running their own countries. All African leaders and governments are not on the same low as Mugabe, but they are complete no-hopers when it comes to running a country and looking after their people.

Zimbabwe would be number one candidate for Western intervention if the West didn't intervene in other countries only to satisfy its own needs.
Posted by Leigh, Thursday, 10 January 2008 9:39:26 AM
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"...it should be clear to even the biggest dunderhead that Africans are simply not capable of running their own countries"

True. It's astonishingly that tens of millions of Americans think that Barack Obama could seriously be capable of running their country, given the colour of his skin.
Posted by wizofaus, Thursday, 10 January 2008 9:58:15 AM
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Yes, Leigh, Mugabe is a racist.
Anyone who doubts this should read 'Government by Deception' by Jan Lamprecht.

Also, wiz, how many of the 'tens of millions of Americans' are the same colour as Barack Obama?
Posted by Jack the Lad, Thursday, 10 January 2008 10:56:37 AM
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How may non-Zimbabweans help throw off this horrid dictator?

Suggestions:
* Lobby our PM and your local MP to develop a foreign policy strategy to isolate Zimbabwe's ruling elite
* Examples: UN action to freeze their foreign assets,
ban travel to Austrlia,
* hold them accountable through proceedings in the international criminal court after investigation and documentation of the regime's crimes, and
* finally, take strategic secondary boycotts and diplomatic action against Zimbabwe's biggest backer - China.

China's investment in Zimbabwe's mining sector and aid to the ZANU party, has given Mugabe just enough resources to keep his own support in the police and army from turning against him.

As a consequence of China's unprincipled support for ruthless dictators over Africa, evil men like Mugabe, and Sudan's Bashir are set to realise their dreams of being President for Life.

China may yet face the wrath of the Africans during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Posted by Quick response, Thursday, 10 January 2008 12:32:17 PM
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Wizofaus,

Barack Obabama is American, not African.

I DID NOT say black people were not capable of running their own countries; I said Africans were not capable of running their own countries.

I DO NOT judge peoples' intelligence or abilities by the colour of their skin. You apparently do.

The facts support the contention that Africans are not capable of running their own countries. The other side of the coin is India, where, after a flirtation with Russia - which put them back years - after the Raj left, they got stuck in and can now hold their own in the world. This is quiet a feat, given their enormous population which will still present them with problems for some time to come.

Think about the Japanese and now the Chinese. Not many white faces among them!

Grow up, and stop thinking that all non-white people are immune from fault.
Posted by Leigh, Thursday, 10 January 2008 4:07:15 PM
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Ok Leigh, then what is it about Africans that you believe makes them incapable of running their own countries? FWIW, I'm actually completely open to the hypotheses that there is something in the genetic nature of indigineous Africans that works against running large "Westernised" nations - but there's not a lot of convincing evidence that I know of, and if there were, the solution would surely be for them to explorer alternative forms of civilisation, perhaps more tribally/collectively-based.

Either way, Africans single-handedly kept our species alive for over 100,000 years. I somehow doubt us whites are likely to match that feat, regardless of how spectacular our advances in technology and human rights have been.
Posted by wizofaus, Thursday, 10 January 2008 4:25:22 PM
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