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2006-11-29 Africa Subsaharan

Thousands of Zimbabweans die from starvation, disease

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Posted by Pappy 2006-11-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well that's nitpicking, isn't it.

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Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-11-29 07:23|| 2006-11-29 07:23|| Front Page Top

#2 President Robert Mugabe couldnt run a bath without the aid of his goons , how people expect him to manage a country is far beyond my obviously low IQ . Taking agricultural land off educated farmers and redistributing it to people who have no skills was deemed as a successful political/social ruse meant to play on the fear of the white man , but as we all know he's only happy bleeding the country's wealth for his own selfish means .. What I dont understand is why noone has popped him off yet .. Vile man

Posted by MacNails 2006-11-29 07:41|| 2006-11-29 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 McNails you are totally wrong.

He is managing the country very well!

You are using your, obviously racist, western perspective and assuming that a country should be managed to the benefit of the people. Tosh, pish and piddle man. The only goal here is the personal wealth and power of the chief and his cohort.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-11-29 08:53|| 2006-11-29 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't see any problems.

Posted by Walter Duranty, NYT">Walter Duranty, NYT 2006-11-29 10:18|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-11-29 10:18|| Front Page Top

#5 ooh the sarcasm alan

Posted by MacNails 2006-11-29 10:26|| 2006-11-29 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 McNails, yep, subtle I ain't.

Really didn't think that one needed a tag, no? ;^)

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-11-29 11:00|| 2006-11-29 11:00|| Front Page Top

#7 ;)

I was slightly bothered , the first 35 words gave me slight cause for concern , then the coffee kicked in and i woke up :)

Posted by MacNails 2006-11-29 11:09|| 2006-11-29 11:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Didn't Mugabe say a few years ago that Zimbabwe would be better off with about half as many people? Of course, the fact that the people starving are from the primary opposition tribe is a feature, not a bug.

Posted by RWV 2006-11-29 13:26|| 2006-11-29 13:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Mugabe epitomizes all that is wrong with many of Africa's sub-Saharan nations. He believes himself to be nothing less than a great tribal chieftan whereby all wealth, material possessions and even the clan members themselves are his own direct possessions.

In reality he is nothing more than a tribal chieftan overseeing a backward autocracy whose looting mentality knows no bounds. Showing any sensibility to the Zimbabwean people's suffering or his country's economic plight would be seen as a weakness.

For Mugabe's sort there can be only one prescription; A swift dose of hot lead. His innumerable transgressions are crimes against humanity.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-29 14:55|| 2006-11-29 14:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Zen, you are right but not inclusive enough. This is a perfect example of tribalism in the 21st century. BUT, it is not limited to SSA. Look at the Islamo world or the Balkans or Russia and you'll see tribalism. There are signs of this devolution most everywhere where each clan or tribe thinks it should have it's own society (see Sharia in UK)

Groupism is going to be the death of civilization unless something turns this around. Mini-states are not sustainable and the more of them there are the more violent will be the re-merger (think leveraged buyouts with guns)

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-11-29 15:27|| 2006-11-29 15:27|| Front Page Top

#11 AlanC, while I was limiting my example to sub-Saharan Africa, my prescription was global in scope.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-29 16:36|| 2006-11-29 16:36|| Front Page Top

#12 Unfortunately, the West blew it in Zimbabwe in the 1980s when they collectively anointed Mugabe, and then he did the typical post-colonial Africa shuffle : "One man, one vote, one time". What is really revealing is that the Zimbabweans were better off under aparthied in Rhodesia : economy was growing, country was exporting huge surpluses of food, the infant mortality rate was low, life expectancy was higher, and many fewer people were dying per week - even during the active warfare stage.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-29 20:36|| 2006-11-29 20:36|| Front Page Top

#13 Shieldwolf - do you mean "peace" kills more innocents than "war"? - who'da thunk it?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-29 22:33|| 2006-11-29 22:33|| Front Page Top

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