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2008-03-28 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "Could Zimbabwe vote oust Mugabe?"

Over his dead body.

Say,......

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-28 00:23|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-03-28 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Yep, the cycle will repeat, starting with half the population and 1/10th the wealth next time.

Posted by ed 2008-03-28 00:27|| 2008-03-28 00:27|| Front Page Top

#3 I love how "the withdrawal of Western financial support" is given equal weight to the cause of the crisis, along with such niggling factors as "socialist land redistribution, mismanagement, and corruption"

Posted by gromky 2008-03-28 01:21|| 2008-03-28 01:21|| Front Page Top

#4 They're doomed. The best and brightest have already fled the country. "Voting with their feet" and all that. Bob has turned a economic turndown and black nationalism into a major catastrophe that will take generations to repair.

If Bob and his allies were dead tomorrow, it would still take a decade or two for foreign investment to correct the damage he has done. Assuming no civil wars...

Posted by Vanc 2008-03-28 03:28|| 2008-03-28 03:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, too bad all that money the elites want to ~~pocket~~ spend on global warming will instead have to be spent cleaning up Zim, Cuba and NKor...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-03-28 08:35|| 2008-03-28 08:35|| Front Page Top

#6 it would still take a decade or two for foreign investment to correct the damage he has done

I'm all in favor of letting them do it entirely by themselves, They've lived off the public (International) Tit long enough, Start by raising their own food (Backyard gardens) and rise by their own bootstraps from there.
America did it.
If they're forced to do it themselves, they'll be a lot less likely to let it be stolen next go-round, if it's from "Somebody else's" (Read UN) they just don't care.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-03-28 15:38|| 2008-03-28 15:38|| Front Page Top

#7 it would still take a decade or two for foreign investment to correct the damage he has done

I'm all in favor of letting them do it entirely by themselves, They've lived off the public (International) Tit long enough, Start by raising their own food (Backyard gardens) and rise by their own bootstraps from there.
America did it.
If they're forced to do it themselves, they'll be a lot less likely to let it be stolen next go-round, if it's from "Somebody else's" (Read UN) they just don't care.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-03-28 15:40|| 2008-03-28 15:40|| Front Page Top

#8 MOSCOW NEWS > for some mysterious reason which I'm still trying to comprehend, this Zimbabwe vote is seen as a vote for = against Great Britain even though Zimbabwe has been independent for decades already.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-28 21:53|| 2008-03-28 21:53|| Front Page Top

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