MDC Pulls out of Zimbabwe run-off "election"

[Steel_Tomb]

Just saw this on Yahoo: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/200806...n-43a8d4f.html

Looks like that bastard Mugabe will stay in power after all, and I would also bet that the rest of the world will now say "this is a very bad thing Mugabe is a very bad person...." and then do absolutely NOTHING. Its not as if the SA government will do anything, they couldn't give a **** about Zimbabwe.

[Schroeder]

That was to be expected.

[Platapus]

Elections don't mean much if the results don't matter

[Jimbuna]

Not suprised and don't expect any other country to do anything about it.......unless they find oil there

[Von Tonner]

Our president is a disgrace to our country. South Africa, as the biggest economic and military powerhouse in Africa could bring Mugabe to heal within 24 hours tops. We could switch off the lights in Zimbabwe as we supply it with electrical power. All rail would come to a stop as we just recall all our rolling stock. We close our borders denying access to our ports and goods. We call up our loans and when these are not met we attach any and all assets of theirs we can get our hands on. And last but not least, as a member of the UN Security Council, we pull our diplomatic head out of our proverbial a**e and stop siding with Russia in protecting him.

Having said all that, I am not sure pulling out of the election was a wise move. I say that simply because that is exactly what Mugabe wants - and doing what he wants cannot be good thing.

[Skybird]

At times I consder sending assassins a valid political option. It cannot be that millions have to suffer becasue of the greed of a cruel old man. Ruling that out is not democratic or humanistic, but cynical.

We should stop conventional develoepemnt aid, becasue it helps to raise and foster corruption throughout Africa. Africa has plenty of fertile land to feed all the people living there. But it is the corrupt gangaster clans stealing it and preventing distribution. And they do the same with developement aide, both in food and money. that way, we become guilty ourselves. Instead we should shift the agriculutral trad eonto a fair basis. Anything beyond that we should only do once African people have dealt with their corrupt leaders and dictators. Of course, one would need to get the EU, the Us, the chinese and the russians all together into that boat. since that is highly unrealistic, corruption will stay, people will continue to suffer, the West will continue to pay money in developement aid to ease it's bad subcontious feelings - and by doing so we will continue to cripple the local agriculture with our cheap imports that kick local farmers out of business, and we will be guilty of actively supporting the corruption and the suffering - by developement aid.

Send assassins, or turn your back on Africa. That would at least be more honest. Developement aid causes havoc over there. Since some years you can hear a gropwing canon of African politiaicnas themselves saying that. they do not want aid. They want fair trade - THAT would be developement aid leading to a fostering of local farming, food production and modeate wealth a slong as local gangsters would not be tolerated, but shot.

[Skybird]

"Fear the old men - they have nothing left to lose."

[Ishmael]

Here's a Johnny Clegg song about Uncle Bob Mugabe, The Revolution Will Eat It's Children: