Posted on 04/25/2008 8:21:41 AM PDT by FrPR
G. Gordon Liddy is on the line with Tawanda Kanhema in Zimbabwe. (You can stream the show and also pull indexed podcasts from the Radio America site.) If I remember correctly Kanhema said: "Gordon - at this point Mugabe's resistance is just starting to gather strength. Mugabe's ouster is highly unlikely." Also: "People are running away from the country in fear of retributions for having voted for the opposition party..."
Zimbabwe, it seems is RIGHT at the precipice of a total political, economic, and social collapse....
"...and violence has already started in the rural areas and higher density parts of the suburbs..." "Reports of severe beatings and torture are just starting to come in..."
It’s hard to keep a good man down. (j/k)
I’m sure Jimmy Carter could help!
“We have seen increasing pressure to release results from the election (...) by Saturday (...) but some 3000,000 rounds of ammo and AK-47s have just arrived as ordered by Mugabe’s government....” “the results of the election will be surrounded with as much doubt as those we saw in 2005”. “They once again are recounting the results after their so-called meticulous first counts.” “There have been many broken ballot boxes...”
ROTFLMAO
I’m sure Jimmuh is refining his statement on the fairness of the election before he makes it public.
Mugabe just had cops raid opposition offices looking for those responsible for arsons.
Whenever a government gets to the “Reichstag Fire” stage, promptly followed by the “Kristalnacht” (sp?) stage, it’s over.
You know, that is probably the truth.
or Jesse & Al!
It wasn’t an Election. It was a Purge. He is a student of Stalin.
BTW: How’s that arms transport ship doing? the one recently reported to be en route, but having trouble finding a “legal” port to unload & ship its contents to Zimbabwe?
"Mugabe is behaving like the ape that he really is - the story of African dictators. He needs to be in power until the age of 85 to get immunity from being charged with crimes against humanity - he's 84 now. I think that's the true story!"
I finally get all his election monitoring stuff. He is just there to give “credibility” to the government in power, not to ensure the election was honest. He gets his expenses and fee and moves on to the next oppressed country.
“Mugabe is behaving like the ape that he really is - the story of African dictators. He needs to be in power until the age of 85 to get immunity from being charged with crimes against humanity - he’s 84 now. I think that’s the true story!”
Ah...that suddenly makes sense. In the Rep of Panama, the age is 70. Therefore, should Noriega return to Panama, he will never be charged with anything since he is now at least 70.
I’m surprised no one hasn’t shot him yet.
100% correct.
Worst President ever.
Mugabe has treated his neighbors very poorly and the Arms Ship story shows the chickens have come home to roost. There is still an absolutely mind boggling amount of wealth in the clutches of Mugabe and his henchmen, largely because of the currency-trading games they played with, and which catalyzed and re-catalyzed the skyrocketing inflation rates. Which is to say: they will get the weapons and mercenaries they need to put down the populace.
It’s time to subject Mugabe to some “Romanian Term Limits.”
I used to hear people say Carter is the best ex-president. I say go pound nails. Everything he has done except build houses is treasonous.
What is with the shout-outs for that peanut head: Jimmy Carter?????? Do not give that legend in his own mind any face time. Mugabe the tyrant has surrounded himself with bad juju, witch-doctors and paid for hire goons to do his dirty work./Just Asking - seoul62...........
Diplomacy dream date: Robert Mugabe and Idi Amin have Jimmy Carter over for supper.
They’ve did a awesome job in Rwanda and South Lebannon, so why not........
Thing is, it only takes a $0.25 piece of lead to remove him from it.
The story of the dock workers refusing to unload that ship is an amazing one... Getting the job done at great personal risk while the US, UN, etc. just “twiddle their thumbs” as one Freeper put it. We have always cared deeply about Africa... Inasmuch as we stood to utilize her resources. The postcolonial era has made “caring” considerably more difficult. We must care all the same.
The report recently from Zimbabwe is that they just called the election for the opposition. I just do not see the stubborn old goat of a dictator leaving quietly. Let us dispatch - the old sage: Maddy-Madeline Albright, maybe she will don the whole african costume and headgear and do the tribal dance with old Robby, what say you??????/Just Asking - seoul62......
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