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Robert Mugabe Resigns as Zimbabwe’s President, Ending 37-Year Rule
The New York Times ^ | November 21, 2017 | Norimitsu Onishi and Jeffrey Moyo

Posted on 11/21/2017 8:13:15 AM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

By Norimitsu Onishi and Jeffrey Moyo Nov. 21, 2017 HARARE, Zimbabwe — Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, resigned as president on Tuesday shortly after lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against him, according to the speaker of Parliament.

The speaker of Parliament read out a letter in which Mr. Mugabe said he was stepping down “with immediate effect” for “the welfare of the people of Zimbabwe and the need for a peaceful transfer of power.”

Parliament erupted into cheers and jubilant residents poured into the streets of Harare, the capital. It seemed to be an abrupt capitulation by Mr. Mugabe, who had refused to step down only two days earlier, when his former political party, ZANU-PF, formally expelled him.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bob; dictators; mugabe; mugabeout; resignation; robertmugabe; trumpafrica; zimbabwe
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To: kearnyirish2

...Until a few years down the road, and they, too decide to purge the White Devil®.

I agreed with African American Studies Professor Clarence Munford, but for entirely different reasons, when Munford said: “There is NO REASON for white men to be in Africa”.


41 posted on 11/21/2017 9:30:27 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: kearnyirish2

Well, you can look at Cuba and the norks, despite their power to the people rhetoric they’ve managed to carve out hereditary sinecures for themselves and their friends... but nevertheless, the interregnum is the best bet for trying to force a change.


42 posted on 11/21/2017 9:49:32 AM PST by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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To: henkster

If China turns Zimbabwe into anything close to itself, it’ll be a huge success for Zimbabweans.


43 posted on 11/21/2017 9:55:12 AM PST by aquila48
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To: rktman

No, I sure it is still reasonable to send him your bank account information. :-)


44 posted on 11/21/2017 9:59:52 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: chajin

...if Catholicism is correct, Mugabe will get to heaven after going through Purgatory

Catholicism also teaches that there is Hell. Mugabe could go either way, depending upon his disposition at the time of his death.

45 posted on 11/21/2017 10:10:40 AM PST by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ~~Appeasing evil is cowardice~~Francis is temporary. Hell is forever.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Unprecedented? A dictator stepping down? Maybe not this first time. Obama, the Dictator, stepped down.


46 posted on 11/21/2017 10:13:26 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.


47 posted on 11/21/2017 10:18:31 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: chajin
Mugabe is still a great example of "success".... after all, he is a bazillionaire many times over..... he can paper his walls with hundred trillion dollar notes....


48 posted on 11/21/2017 10:21:40 AM PST by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

New boss same as the old boss. Maybe worse.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.


49 posted on 11/21/2017 10:42:12 AM PST by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Enchante

Sure, the “Crocodile” will have a peaceful transition. Provided you had nothing to do with the attempt to push him out and make Mrs. Mugabe the new President. For those who did, it will be a piece-full transition.


50 posted on 11/21/2017 10:44:01 AM PST by littleharbour
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To: ek_hornbeck

Think Venezuela.......

It will get worse


51 posted on 11/21/2017 10:47:02 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: marktwain
Any you may not even have been talking about decisions, but results.

I would use it as part of a discussion concerning deontology vs. consequentialism; Tillman wanted to be ethical regardless of the consequences, Mugabe wanted good (for him) consequences regardless of the broken principles.

52 posted on 11/21/2017 11:03:17 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: caligatrux

Dead would be better. Otherwise, he or his lovely wife will be back in no time.


53 posted on 11/21/2017 11:09:53 AM PST by livius
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To: PghBaldy

Exactly. Will all men be equal in this former British Crown Colony or will some be more equal than others?

Still there is a sweeping tide going all over the world flushing out dictators. May it continue until all men are free of tyranny.


54 posted on 11/21/2017 11:17:25 AM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine and education and the forests)
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To: chajin

Might I suggest Bill & Hillary Clinton to replace Mugabe in your comparison?!?


55 posted on 11/21/2017 12:54:52 PM PST by ExTxMarine (Diversity is tolerance; diverse points of views will not be tolerated!)
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To: Leaning Right

I should have said president ON Earth 2. But isn’t that crazy? And sad.


56 posted on 11/21/2017 1:08:00 PM PST by agrace
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

is the wife gone too??


57 posted on 11/21/2017 1:28:55 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Enchante

Is that a huge turd (below the cow outline on the right)?


58 posted on 11/21/2017 2:45:10 PM PST by rfp1234
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To: rfp1234
Is that a huge turd (below the cow outline on the right)?

No, it is evidence that the pre-white culture of the area was advanced enough to be able to stack rocks and chip them away to make 'birds'. Stare at it until you see the bird.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Bird

59 posted on 11/21/2017 3:29:09 PM PST by PAR35
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Raile Odinga (Obama’s cousin) has been stirring up vviolence in Kenya lately


60 posted on 11/21/2017 7:22:48 PM PST by KTM rider
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