Caps on Prices Only Deepen Zimbabweans’ Misery

new york Times. ^ | August 2, 2007 | MICHAEL WINES

[george76]

Mugabe must be in trouble when even the ny slimes notices.

The American left will blame Bush.

Z was and can be a big profitable bread basket. This is a dramatic example of the failure of socialism. The left around the world will deny it.

Hopefully some of those who advocate ‘free’ health care will note this inconvenient truth.

[Graybeard58]

I hate this "can't do anything" nonsense. It is an utter lie.

I didn't mean to imply that nothing could be done, only that it will require intervention from outside sources. I for one don't want that outside source to be the United States. We shouldn't be the police force for the entire world. Your suggestion that people simply walk out of the country is not realistic.

Your tone is confrontational and I won't engage in argument with you, this is a bad situation with no easy solutions.

You may have the last word that I won't read anyway. Go for it!

God bless you and your's.

[JasonC]

Over a million people have already walked out of the country.

And I gave an entire spectrum of solutions, the best of which is that civilized countries refuse to allow millions of innocent human beings to be misruled by incompetent mindless savages. The next best being for those oppressed people to free themselves by force. And the least desirable but still perfectly possible, that they simply get the heck out as fast as they can, as many have before them.

Here is what should never, ever happen - civilized countries keep this sort of monster in power through handouts out of pretended moral concern for the people, when they lack the moral strength to get out of their fracking armchairs and do anything about it.

[conejo99]

Grok?
Drink deeply of the water of life brother.

[ccmay]

This is socialism's final victory. The middle class has been assassinated, leaving masters and slaves. It isn't difficult to guess who will starve first.

There will be cannibalism before very much longer. Not in days or weeks, perhaps, but in months.

-ccm

[Rembrandt]

Is Mugabe still getting advice from Jammy Cahtah? Sounds like it.

[Niuhuru]

He looks like Darth Sidious.

[Niuhuru]

He looks like Darth Sidious.

[Lurker]

Maybe we have a few of these laying around in some government warehouse somewhere:

L

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The good news is that Mugabe is in his 80s.

Natural causes, do your duty.