DISQUS

smallhandff · 1 year ago

Jeez, sortta reminds you of the Bush White House, doesn't it?

Nigel Elliott · 1 year ago

That's the hypocrisy of it all. Mugabe is a tyrant who liberated his country from colonial rule in the 80s, so it's highly doubtful Britain (or America) will send troops to guarantee free elections there. And besides, the West (and especially America) are not in a position to lecture the world on democracy and human rights since Europe is complicit in Bush's illegal war in Iraq and torture at secret prisons on the continent and Gitmo, Cuba. China has also replaced the West as Africa's largest investor and trade partner, so the West's influence in the Sub-Sahara has decreased considerably.

Special Report: China In Africa
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/126/special...

If Mugabe steals the upcoming election, Zimbabweans may become desperate enough to finally launch a revolution against the government...preferably before China re-arms him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia

red_dwarf · 1 year ago

Amen, thank ya Jeesus.

What's worse? Passing pinto beans out to a few military thugs and starving a few hundred children or giving away billions to war profiteering corporations who have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocents in a war for profit?

Like Bugliosi says in his new book, when are we going to put Bush on trial for murder?

sarcasme · 1 year ago

I will never ever in my life believe what the american ambassador say

Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas · 1 year ago

It would be interesting to know just how many millions in aid we've sent this man

OlderAndWiser · 1 year ago

It's incredible to believe that nothing can be done about this shithead.

It's also what happens with a "cult of personality" where political figures are seen as saviors and gods...we see what it did to this country during the last 8 years. Sadly, by the time many countries see the feet of clay, these shitheads have already consolidated power, and it's too late for them to take back their govt. without bloody revolution (which is better, IMHO, than having the foot on your neck your whole life).

1billinnj2 · 1 year ago

i think bush and cheney would do the same thing when they become the dictators of this country. the october surprise?

Indigo · 1 year ago

On a brigher note, the former King of Nepal left the palace quietly Wednesday evening after surrendering the crown and scepter to government authorities. In surrendering the relics of monarchy, he announced that he will work actively for the well being of the new republic. By moving to his forested private palacial estate on the western edge of the Kathmandu valley, he also affirms his new status as a private citizen and the wealthiest man in Nepal.
Gottaluvit!

OlderAndWiser · 1 year ago

OT, but--The extreme rightwing is continuing to peddle the "story" of Obama picking up a gay homeless drug addict and having sex in a limosine, years ago.

A CSPAN caller just now maintains that the junkie's hand was "shaking so bad he could hardly hold the needle to inject Obama" with drugs.

Why does CSPAN let these assholes go on with these lies? They continue to cut off those who maintain that 9/11 was an "inside job" but they'll let anyone slander and libel Obama. These are the same people who would wipe every person of color off the face of the earth. They sure as hell don't care about starving Africans...

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

Pelosi better hope that bush doesn't attack Iran because she will be hounded to the ends of the earth and blamed by those who've been screaming for impeachment for years.

bumpkis · 1 year ago

I think DISQUS ate some comments....hmmm.

Sage24 · 1 year ago

As someone who comes from a country that was once under Britain, I think some of these countries, were better off not getting their independence.
They cannot lead their people, they become dictators, and their people
usually suffer the consequences. Mugabe is a ruthless dictator, who simply cannot listen to the will of the people. The very thing he accused Britain of doing.
What a shame.

OlderAndWiser · 1 year ago

I'd say they learned a lot about control from colonialism, too.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

I've never seen so much anger out there at her.

tlsintx · 1 year ago

good morning-
hi Chris...how's Paris? wish i was there!

OT - fox noise thinks Michelle Obama is fair game-
can't you just see those crotchety old white fox watchers shaking their heads at all the 'black stuff' on tv these days? damn libruls...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/fox-ne...

AbdulRahim · 1 year ago

Why do you assume that all Fox News watchers are white, and racist, and can't spell? That sort of prejudice (based on someone's choice of NEWS MEDIA) seems uncool to me.

tlsintx · 1 year ago

i'm really not assuming anything. i personally know several fox watchers and they are white and racist. i'm not sure about their spelling skills but they do pronounce the word liberal as "librul" and spit it rather than speak it.

btw - you're the one who said racist first, not me.

AbdulRahim · 1 year ago

It should be stated that apart from his human rights abuses and stories like these, Tsvangirai and Mugabe are the same in terms of domestic policy (i.e., both supported the reforms and policies which have strangled the nations food supply, and this all started with the World Bank and the IMF pressure anyway).

SteamingPile · 1 year ago

So why are we still sending food aid over there? I'm all for sending aid to those who really need it, but if the dictator running the place is just going to scarf it up and feed his army with it, we ought to cut it off with startling swiftness.

jr · 1 year ago

"you're still in my fave 5"-Mbeki to Mugabe