Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Current Zimbabwe Situation

It's not very often I'll actively make a comment about politics, but I think the current debacle deserves something.

Firstly, I have to say that I was absolutely gutted when Tsvangirai dropped out of the running. I did a bit of reading and he started life as a coal miner and actually worked his way up the ladder by legitamate means, so he at least has some understanding of what the average people are looking for.
Mugabe on the other hand, is a complete nut job. Not only is he actively supporting guerrilla tactics, he has crazy paranoia about everything that's gone wrong with the country being a western conspiracy.

But what REALLY pissed me off about the whole thing is that the MDC actually won the last election yet mad Mugabe the crazy little militant asshat still refuses to give up his seat. Presumably because he knows as well as I do that without the military's backing he would get torn a new ass by the general public.
To call it a "democracy" is a slap in the face to everyone around the world who ever fought for the ability to vote.

There's a quote on this BBC website that says it all really:
"The BBC was unable to locate any pro-Mugabe bloggers or internet forums."

I'm not condoning assassination... actually yes I am. For god's sake, someone take him out. The country is in trouble and he refuses to do anything to help. The more he fights against everyone else in the world, the worse their situation will get. Trades need to be opened for the country's economy to flourish. They need more schools to stop kids getting indoctrinated into the military.
To be honest, I'm shocked there aren't already US Army snipers parked around his house 24/7.

With Bush about to leave the White House, seems to me he'd have nothing to lose by commanding the military to take out the crazy little monkey. At least leave on a high.

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