Robert Mugabe

Quote by fabio
I have read thru this and can I clear up a few things
The US has exactly the same sanctions in place with regards to Zimbabwe as the UK does... namely freezeing of mugabe's assets, banning of party officals visiting ect ect......
BBC and Sky News are both banned from Zimbabwe... So are Fox News and CNN
The countries that actually have strongest relationships with Zimbabwe are South Africa and China.... and they both twiddle wanting to not get involved... if china isn't putting pressure on Sudan over Darfur, there certainly aren't getting involved over this
If south africa were to do something, it was bring mugabe to it's knees.....

Quote by Dave__Notts
I don't think that Britain should get involved. The shared history that we have with this country is not the best. We invade, take it over, give independance, stand back in a civil war, etc
Whatever our Government says, they have the right to say bugger orf
Dave_Notts

Quote by Too Hot
After syphillising the world building the British Empire in the first place, Britain, 'generally speaking' did withdraw from power and influence in a relatively ordered and civilised fashion from most of the world.
The great exception to this was the rush to abandon Rhodesia because of the 'race' and 'apartheid' overtones. The UK could, and should, have militarily ensured that the state of hand over to any majority government in Rhodesia ensured future democratic rights for the people. Unfortunately in our rush to have our ties with Rhodesia visibly cut so as to avoid racist condemnation we simply stood back and watched whilst an emotive country voted for the first time ever for the man who waved the nationalist Zimbabwe flag hardest.
Our abandonment of the people of the former Rhodesia is shameful and spinesless and I am not talking about white Rhodesians I am talking about the vast majority of ordinary Africans who inhabit one of the most beautiful and naturally wealthy countries on that continent.
Those in the know predicted the path of the Mugabe regime thirty years ago and I remember being villified for days after a letter I wrote was printed in a national newspaper. I wrote about Dictatorship, genocide, political killings, anti white racism and forced ejection from the country yet I was branded xenophobic and anti democratic. The reality has been all these things and more and we should be ashamed that this country has allowed this monster to murder, , steal and terrorise ALL of his own people with complete immunity. The history books will stand Robert Mugabe and Idi Amin side by side as the most evil of all African tyrants and we stood by and let him get away with it.
Shame on us.

Quote by kentswingers777
I must admit I read your posts with interest, as you are onviously a knowledgable guy. Keep posting as I think most times you bring colour to the forums.