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Africa: Subsaharan | ||
Mbeki says Zimbabwe criticism unfair | ||
2005-04-10 | ||
South African President Thabo Mbeki has rebuked Zimbabwe's critics for making an "extraordinary" noise about that country while ignoring bigger African crises like the war in Congo.
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Posted by:Fred |
#12 In this case, the warmup act was better than the headliner. |
Posted by: Pappy 2005-04-10 9:19:17 PM |
#11 It'd be pretty hard to make a case that ending apartheid was a bad thing. And it was an astoundingly peaceful regime change, and the Truth and Reconciliation hearings were quite an interesting and effective innovation. It's a pity nothing much else in the new regime was any good. |
Posted by: James 2005-04-10 12:13:41 PM |
#10 Word. It's a outrage they didn't name Bono to head the World Bank instead of that unqualified slouch Wolfowitz |
Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-10 9:28:58 AM |
#9 Pipe down people. Bono will make the tears go away. |
Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-04-10 1:30:47 AM |
#8 Sad, when a country (RSA) that was almost firstworldly becomes almost a third world shithole and sliding fast to that category. |
Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-04-10 1:02:07 AM |
#7 When will those critics of the Iraq War and the descent into post-Saddam "chaos" turn their attention to the utter devastation that is today's South Africa and tell us what a mistake it was to end apartheid there? |
Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-10 1:00:56 AM |
#6 "Why is it so easy to ignore the death of 3 million people and make extraordinary volumes of noise I don't know Thabo, why is it so easy to ignore anti-AIDS measures while millions become infected? |
Posted by: Gleaper Cleregum9549 2005-04-10 12:55:06 AM |
#5 And this shithole prevails TEN YEARS after the end of apartheid! |
Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-10 12:53:37 AM |
#4 Note the MSM silence on post-apartheid So Africa's miserable record: -- 40% unemployment -- most dangerous peacetime capital city on the planet -- nearly one-third of the adult female population has been raped -- 20% of the population has AIDS And these jokers have the nerve to call post-Saddam Iraq "chaotic"? |
Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-10 12:52:13 AM |
#3 Lets not forget the decline under Mugabe is from the levels achieved under the almost universally villified white regime that was placed under the most severe international sactions ever used. |
Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-10 12:46:14 AM |
#2 Yea right as you preside over South Africa turing into a 3rd world crap hole. |
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-04-10 12:37:43 AM |
#1 thks Thabo - sealing your legacy among the "underachieving" |
Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-10 12:11:29 AM |