Zimbabwe’s Dictator Avoids Sanctions from Peers

AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 7 July 2008 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fresh from his rigged election victory, fended off a possible move by the two-day summit of the 53-nation African Union to sanction him for murdering supporters of his opponent.

In juxtaposition to the worldwide criticism he has faced, Mugabe’s argument that he was “no worse than many others in this room” hit the mark. The attendees of the meeting declined to issue any public rebuke of their colleague.

Instead, his fellow leaders urged Mugabe to form a unity government with Zimbabwe's opposition. Mugabe endorsed this recommendation with enthusiasm, saying that it is fully compatible with the “unity or death” option he has always offered his opponents.

[marron]

All he means to say is that he isn't leaving power on his feet. He will have to be carried out.

So he has pronounced judgment on himself.

[CdMGuy]

Mugabe is right. The entire continent of Africa is full of corrupt leaders. It is just a matter of degree, with Mugabe being one of the worst. South Africa is only a step above. Let’s face it, except for possibly some North African countries, the rest of the continent’s countries will always be at the bottom of the Third World heap of nations unless there are some monumental changes made in their culture. Do not hold your breath.