Robert Gabriel Mugabe - you are requested to please resign and hand yourself over to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. Honestly, I cannot understand why he won't give up. I read all about him and what his actions with ZANU and the "bushmen's war" during the 1980's. He is from the Shona tribe (which I did not know) and he himself massacred (or passed on orders to massacre) the opposition tribe of Ndebele. He is a criminal, dictator, everything you can possibly think of under the sun.
In the 1980's, he raised a milita unit with his loyal and blind supporters in Zimbabwe and named it "Gukhurakundi". Then, interesting, he signed a treaty with Kim Il Sung (former Supreme Leader of North Korea) to provide arms and training to them. When this militia was ready and prepared for the mission, he unleased them on the rural heart of Zimbabwe to "finish off" (or attempt to) people from the Ndebele tribes. This is nothing short of being a despot.
Mr Mugabe, please, please, please see the writing on the wall. Although you think that all of your party members still love you, I think that the majority of them don't love you anymore (but are still saying that they do love you, because they are scared of being eliminated by you or indirectly by your Central Intelligence Organisation).
You need a holiday to the Hague, courtesy of your plane ticket being paid for the United Nations. You've been leader for 28 years now, and I think that you should just hand over the baton to Movement for Democratic Change Leader Morgan Tsvangarai. You can take Thabo Mbeki with you as well, he is not doing anything at the moment as well - I think he would enjoy having a holiday as well.
FOR GODSAKE, JUST ACCEPT THAT YOU LOST THE ELECTION, WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT IT?
Though it has yet to be proven, Tsvangarai, I am confident will lead a Government of National Reconcilliation.
2 comments:
This is an excellent article...I totally agree...except of coarse I think that your criticism of President Mugabe is somewhat hyperbolic and while I agree the present situation is not the best, and Mr Mugabe has played a detrimental role. One must not forget the past and this man was the leader of the movement which gave Zimbabwe nationhood. I think that he is now moving in a manner which I truly abhor with serious racial over tones. But I think this scenario in Zimbabwe is one we've already seen...Remember South Africa...How the boers fought for freedom and all those ideals against the British...but once they achieved nationhood they committed those same mistakes and set up a similar racially based oppressive system. So this is something which is only too familiar, but we should still be wary of making sweeping judgments on some of these people. Such is their prolific nature that their persona can not be condescended into good or bad.
Regardless, A stimulating article eloquently said.
-Shounok-
Great article/commentary. I do agree for the most part, but I think that putting massive expectations on Tsvangirai is unrealistic. The country will take its time to heal, but positives have come out of the less-than-ideal 'unity' govt.
Although I agree that indeed Mugabe did have a good role to play in the independence of Zimbabwe, the fact is that when he (or any other person for that matter) has gone so far from their original aims or perceptions so as to harm others especially those they are responsible to protect, passing judgment is in order. Turning a blind eye perpetuates and condones such behaviour. One must bear in mind the additional responsibilities of people in power, and as such, they are not offered as many concessions as one might afford the layperson.
Further, no matter how great he might have been, subsequent actions have negated from all of that. The fact is that in 30 years he's managed to turn the breadbasket of Africa into a failing (i'd say failed) state.
I'll end with this quote:Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. - Holocaust Museum, Washington DC.
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