Mugabe cooking the books
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:10 am
Well, today's the day of the so-called "partial recount" of the parliamentary vote in Zimbabwe.
23 seats are being recounted and - surprise, surprise - 22 of them had been won by the opposition MDC in the election 3 weeks ago.
It's time that the international community finally did something about this evil, racist thug, whose bluster and electroral jiggery-pokery fool no-one.
But sadly, the Western countries are all too shit-scared of being branded "imperialist / interventionist / racist" to do anything more than a bit of token hand-wringing, Russia doesn't seem to give a toss, China is actually bankrolling him and propping him up, and most of his fellow African leaders actually seem to admire the bloke.
I really feel for the people of Zimbabwe, whose despot has transformed it from a breadbasket into a basket case.
- Eric
23 seats are being recounted and - surprise, surprise - 22 of them had been won by the opposition MDC in the election 3 weeks ago.
It's time that the international community finally did something about this evil, racist thug, whose bluster and electroral jiggery-pokery fool no-one.
But sadly, the Western countries are all too shit-scared of being branded "imperialist / interventionist / racist" to do anything more than a bit of token hand-wringing, Russia doesn't seem to give a toss, China is actually bankrolling him and propping him up, and most of his fellow African leaders actually seem to admire the bloke.
I really feel for the people of Zimbabwe, whose despot has transformed it from a breadbasket into a basket case.
- Eric