[Clive]

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[2banana]

"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves."

--Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965),_The Gathering Storm,_bk.I ch.19 p.348 (Houghton Mifflin, 1948)

[xJones]

The whites are only a small minority, and yet black Zims keep asking them when "they" are going to do anything. Does it occur to the black majority to take action themselves?

[Kenton]

For 29 months this has been going on and still we are alone.

NOTE TO GWB:

Mister President, where is your voice on this issue? I understand that you are very busy with the War on Terorism, but this problem pre-dates the 9/11 attacks by a year and a half. You've had plenty of time to get "up to speed" on this, and if even those of us sitting up here in the cheap seats looking at the field through binoculars can see it, don't tell me nobody's even mentioned it you you.

I hate to accuse you of politics, but that is, after all, the calling you have chosen. And I understand the "give and take" nature of politics as well. Nevertheless, I call upon you to stop ignoring this situation and show some leadership in the matter of the crisis in Zimbabwe.

Because from way up here in the cheap seats, where you get the long view of the field, I just get this creepy feeling that your silence and lack of action on this issue is due to the fear of the left-wing extremists of the Congressional Black Caucus, many of whom support Mugabe and his particular brand of insanity, and who would instantly condemn you for "interfering in the internal politics of Zimbabwe".

Say it ain't so, Mister President. And get out in front and lead, this is an ongoing tragedy. Mugabe's record is clear; it is time to announce your support for a regime change in Zimbabwe. Who knows, you might actually make a difference.

Respectfully yours