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2003-04-16 East/Subsaharan Africa

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Posted by Steve White 2003-04-16 01:58 pm|| || Front Page|| [13 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Zimbabwe is a rich nation endowed with both natural resources and natural beauty. It went from a stable, prosperous nation to the pits of degradation and tyranny in less than three years. Zimbabwe was a food exporter until Mugabe's "land reforms" began. Now 80% of the population is facing starvation.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-16 14:52:12|| 2003-04-16 14:52:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), once one of the jewels of Africa, whose leaders were branded as horrible racists and vilified by the leftist world press, has descended into an irreversible hell of kleptocratic and AIDs-infested ruin. Soon, South Africa will follow Zim's lead into anrchy and oblivion when Mbeki tries to blame the remaining Whites for their economic ills. Maybe they were right--can Black Africa rule its own people successfully?

Posted by TJ 2003-04-16 15:48:00|| 2003-04-16 15:48:00|| Front Page Top

#3 See, the progress that has been made in killing whitey, starving the inhabitant, wrecking infrastructure, human rights abuses, rape, murder, and endemic corruption, just proves how horrible colonialism is.
If the UK was still running Zimbabwe, these wonderful changes could not have taken place!
Only racists would say things like Mugabe has completely trashed our nation.

Racists!
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I'm just waiting to find out how it is America's or Jews or a combination of both who did this to Zimbabwe.
It shouldn't be long before the accusations are made.
Unless I've already missed them.

Posted by Celissa 2003-04-16 16:26:10|| [www.celissasblog.com/weblog.php] 2003-04-16 16:26:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Celissa - It's the International Rhodesian Conspiracy. Same thing, really. Christopher Johnson tracks it regularly...

Posted by Fred 2003-04-16 18:38:02|| 2003-04-16 18:38:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Hell, I wish I knew what to think about this mess...I wish Mr. Mandela would hold a press conference or something so's he could tell me.

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-04-16 20:06:24|| 2003-04-16 20:06:24|| Front Page Top

#6 I predict that by November 2003, there will be a full scale famine in Zimbabwe, and our leftists will find a way to blame Bush for it. "We Are the World II", anyone? Yawn.

I would like to change the language a little bit. When famine does come to Zimbabwe, let us not call it a humanitarian crsis, but a Mugbarian crisis.

Posted by badanov 2003-04-16 21:31:20|| [www.rkka.org] 2003-04-16 21:31:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Where's Desmond Tutu? Where's Jimmy Carter? And speaking of South Africa, their gummint is about to pay $84 million to victims of apartheid. Let the raid on the treasury begin.

Posted by Denny 2003-04-16 21:32:42|| [www.grouchyoldcripple.com] 2003-04-16 21:32:42|| Front Page Top

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