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Zimbabwe's Coup Is Nothing to Celebrate |
2017-11-16 |
[BLOOMBERG] As leader of Zim-bob-we, Bob MuggsyMugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... has survived longer than Stalin in the Soviet Union and Mao in China. If it's coming to an end -- which seems likely given his apparent inability to emerge from house arrest after the military took charge -- it's worth reflecting on the mistakes he made to end such a remarkable run. Daniel Treisman, a UCLA political scientist, argued in a recent paper that most dictators fall for reasons proving that they are all too human: hubris, a propensity for needless risk, liberalization impulses that lead to a slippery slope, picking the wrong successor, counterproductive violence. Mugabe, 93, is no exception; he groomed the wrong person to succeed him and relied too much on his military. When he tried to change his pick, the generals decided they'd had enough. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 'veteran of the war of independence from the UK'. Tell that to an RLI vet or Selous Scout. Perhaps long of tooth but I'd love to be there for the reply. |
Posted by: Cesare 2017-11-16 10:40 |
#5 So who's the Chinese pick for Bob's replacement? Dr. No? |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-11-16 03:40 |
#4 So who's the Chinese pick for Bob's replacement? They're who counts. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2017-11-16 01:08 |
#3 Our schools pretty much a mess, too. If only the primary problem were with the schools. |
Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-11-16 01:01 |
#2 when Zanu-PF youths who had kidnapped him and doused him with petrol were unable to light a match," Our schools pretty much a mess, too. |
Posted by: SteveS 2017-11-16 00:45 |
#1 From one POS to another. Feed the new boss... |
Posted by: newc 2017-11-16 00:24 |