lyonhibs
09-03-2009, 12:17 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7932463.stm
:bitchy: :bitchy: IMO what Morgan Tsvangirai has been through over the past couple of years in his role as the main opposition leader to that cruel despot Mugabe (why hasn't the West intervened in this country?? - the man looks Saddam look like the grandad in the old Wethers Orignals advert) would have made many weaker men crumbe and cede to RM, as his "influence/reputation" appears to have done to the leaders of neighbouring African countries and Western leaders alike with their "hands off, not our problem" approach.
Intimidation and beatings to start with and now, just when it looked like things might be about to start to change, his wife gets tragically killed in a "accidental" (the use of quotation marks should convey my cynicism re: how much of a "accident" this really was) car crash in which he himself was injured.
Its a crying shame, because Zimbabwe was a model (as far as this is possible) of a rejuvenated African country at the time before Mugabe came to power and turned the country into his very own plaything, but I really don't think any meaningful chance can be achieved from internal means in Zimbabwe as long as Mugabe is alive, and even after he finally dies, his influence and friendships within the country will - IMO - make the kind of self-led change that we'd all love Zimbabwe to be able to carry out impossible.
I honestly salute the perseverance and dedication to his beliefs that MT shows (even though he was a Mugabe devotee in his earlier days), but I think that - alone - he's facing a insurmountable mountain regarding putting Zimbabwe back on its feet economically and socially.
Now god knows "The West" isn't a paragon of perfection either economically or socially, but should the UN do something concrete to aid Zimbabwe out of "The Mugabe Era"??
Opinions?
:bitchy: :bitchy: IMO what Morgan Tsvangirai has been through over the past couple of years in his role as the main opposition leader to that cruel despot Mugabe (why hasn't the West intervened in this country?? - the man looks Saddam look like the grandad in the old Wethers Orignals advert) would have made many weaker men crumbe and cede to RM, as his "influence/reputation" appears to have done to the leaders of neighbouring African countries and Western leaders alike with their "hands off, not our problem" approach.
Intimidation and beatings to start with and now, just when it looked like things might be about to start to change, his wife gets tragically killed in a "accidental" (the use of quotation marks should convey my cynicism re: how much of a "accident" this really was) car crash in which he himself was injured.
Its a crying shame, because Zimbabwe was a model (as far as this is possible) of a rejuvenated African country at the time before Mugabe came to power and turned the country into his very own plaything, but I really don't think any meaningful chance can be achieved from internal means in Zimbabwe as long as Mugabe is alive, and even after he finally dies, his influence and friendships within the country will - IMO - make the kind of self-led change that we'd all love Zimbabwe to be able to carry out impossible.
I honestly salute the perseverance and dedication to his beliefs that MT shows (even though he was a Mugabe devotee in his earlier days), but I think that - alone - he's facing a insurmountable mountain regarding putting Zimbabwe back on its feet economically and socially.
Now god knows "The West" isn't a paragon of perfection either economically or socially, but should the UN do something concrete to aid Zimbabwe out of "The Mugabe Era"??
Opinions?