White Farmers Reject Mugabe Plea To Return (Zimbabwe)

The "white" era in Zimbabwe is finished...end of the story. Mugabe will never be able to bring them back, nor can anyone who follows him. The golden days when the farms of country actually fed the entire country and still had lots to export...to bring cash into the country...is finished. The only lesson left...is for South Africa. If they want to go down the same path...simply look at the damage done...and guage if it is worth it or not.

Don't forget to not expect much in life and be sure to wear a nice warm sweater.

You smooth talker, you. I'm starting to lust after you in my heart. j/k

The idiot peanut farmer Carter is right up there with LBJ, in my book. Bums, both of 'em.

Those who took over the farms had no specialist knowledge - and most farmland now lies uncultivated. The machinery has been stolen, buildings have been plundered and the former workers are starving.

BWAAAAA HAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA

it would be funny if it wasent so sad ... and so expencive.
How long do you think it will be before the US taxpayer is pouring (more)$$$$ down that rat hole.

So racist Mugabe throws out the "White Oppressors" and finds out they were the ones saving his bacon all along.

Anytime a government attacks the producers, either based on their race or on the fact they are successful, that government ultimately dies.

But for the fact his citizens are facing a very hard time I'd be really enjoying this right now.

Live Aid II is on it's way, U2 signed up recently. I was stupified by the concept, to have ignorant media industry people who live in a little bubble, and ""Free Tibet" "Viva Che" humanitarianism as a fad and tax write off" performers openly put together fund raising efforts for African regimes that are actively committing genocides. In the name of compassion for the victim population.

When Mugabe took over, most of the farmers were packing their bags to go into exile when Mugabe publicly appealed to them to remain and help build a new Zimbabwe.

So many stayed and did help. Zimbabwe continued to be the breadbasket of southern Africa until 2000 when Mugabe decided that he heeded a class of people to scapegoat.

Now these farmers have been driven off their land and the only Shona and Ndebele capable of commercial veldt farming, (the former salaried employees of the commercial farmers) have been driven into exile and the land lies fallow and the rest of the economy is in tatters. Now Mugabe's people want to again appeal to the same group of farmers to return and help them rebuild Zimbabwe.

Unfortunately, some will believe him again.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Meanwhile, Mozambique and Zambia (and to a lesser extent, Nigeria) are offering inducements to expatriate Zim commercial farmers to take up 50 year farm leases.

Meanwhile, the volkerwanderung has grown to 4 million souls out of a population of 12 million, all of them black. Iafter all, there were only 50,000 whites in Zimbabwe in 2000, now drawn down by half.

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