Zimbabwe, a Country Murdered by Its Leader
C. Beyrer and F. Donaghue, The Washington Post | January, 8, 2009
Cholera re-entered the stage in Zimbabwe in August, since killing 1600 people and sickening 33 000. ++ Alarming is the fact that this is only one of the country's long list of flaws; every sector of civil society is near to devastation. ++ One of the latest tragic events is the government's closure of public hospitals in November 2008. ++ "But Zimbabwe's agonies are not humanitarian in nature; they result from a political crime - the refusal of Mugabe and his cronies to accept electoral defeat". ++ The international community must react.
Fri, Jan 30th 2009, 04:33
Donald Stadler, Self-employed, Diamond Contributor (1052)
But what can Obama (and the US) do about it that hasn't been done already?
The last two times the US did something about an ongoing human rights disaster - we were scourged and calle 'war criminals' for our troubles. No doubt South Africa has observed the precedent and decided not to act.
Nobody stands ready to assist them; no, if South Africa were to invade Zimbabwe to remove Mugabe they would have to shoulder a world of troubles, exacerbated by denunciations from Europe for not tendering Mugabe and his murderous thugs their full human rights, while also having to rebuild Zimbabwe from the ground up! By themselves, Europe will be too busy denouncing to help them.
Better to close ones eyes to the problem. At least until chlera and typhus cross your borders. In fact, send the sufferers to complacent Europe, so they may reap the fruits of
their blind and callous policies firsthand....