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I agree with obama's reluctance to giving money to the Zimbabwean government while Mugabe is still in the picture. To do that risks watching to money go down the bottomless pit of corruption. It is so much better to specify that the $73 million go directly to financial and humanitarian relief of the people themselves. I hope the NGOs in the country can manage the use of it.
Honestly why wont people let Tswangirai and Zimbabwe be great!? Why didnt Keith pick up this story!
Tsvangirai!
"admiration" is not something I would express for a man who cut a power sharing deal with Mugabe.
Mugabe drove Zimbabwe from breadbasket of Africa to basket case.
Ignored so many basic infrastructure needs that it is one of the few places in the world with cholera
Ruined the currency so bad they have issued trillion dollar notes.
In one of the most blatant racist acts of history he has confiscated and stolen everything from the white people who tried to stay and build the country.
Mugabe's family. friends and wives treat the country as their own personal piggy bank and have squirreled away millions overseas.
Now after all this Tsvangirai has decided the best thing to do is go into a power sharing government !!!
It is their country and they can ruin it if they want to but frankly I believe the last thing Obama needs to express is admiration.
Well, I don't think it's unusual for a man who has been beaten up and jailed numerous times and still fought to run against an emperor, win against said emperor, only to have the votes discounted by the emperor, and battle for essemtially second place to be admired by anyone, let alone the President of the United States.
I admire the man myself. Most people who would have gone through that kind of hell to go up against Mugabe would have slithered away, cowering. Even his wife was taken from him and still he does not give up. Changirai is a warrior and his scars show it. True, he may be as corrupt, ultimately, as any of them, and if we find that to be true it will be dealt with at that time, I'm sure. But the Prime Minister knows he can't do anything without getting a foot in the door, and the emperor is old. Time is on Morgan Tsvangiri's time.
It would be nice if ZimboChick or some of the other Zimbabwean posters could offer some insight on this subject.
Why shouldn't Obama express admiration for Tsvangirai just b/c you feel he shouldnt? I admire Tsvangirai for courage, restraint and loyalty to Zimbabwean people. Well, grudges do not go too far for a fellow country man, you can start a military war against a rival if your backyard is thousands of miles away but if you believe in building your neighbourhood then, use civility. Nobody wants war in their backyards and it is time Africans woke up to that realization. Learn to agree to disagree without arms in hand and avoid pressure from outside instigators or intrests who do not know your country and patriotism.
When Ian Smith was president it was all praises from MSM. Yet, he was a mean individual towards indigenous Zimbabweans...no journalist ever cared to explore the poverty of indigenous Zimbabweans but instead kept singing the slogan of "Zimbabwe the Breadbasket of Africa". Zimbabwe was the breadbasket to Europe and South Africa never Africa. In East or central Africa never saw anything branded from Zimbabwe...it was just a commercial or advertisement to promote govt propaganda.
Mugabe's time will come just like the Nigerians say, "No condition be Permanent". Govt is not the problem so-called elected officials are like chameleons once in power and term limits should be enforced.
Do you think Al Gore shld not talk to Bush? Obama says he calls up previous presidents for advice including GWBush, is that wrong? Everybody deserves an admirer...that is the world for you!
mugabe would not step down or have a fair rlraction... the only way for tsvangirai! to even attempt aiding zimbabwe was to do what he could and get his foot in the door... much to his detriment.
sorry: mugabe would not step down or have a fair "election"...
It's amazing Tsvangirai is now working with Mugabe after Mugabe tried to have him killed. How strange.
After Mugambe possibly killed his wife
The Prime Minister entered into the power sharing agreement long before the car accident that claimed his wife. At any rate, why he stays is a matter of doing something you feel is important, something bigger ultimately than yourself. The Anti-Mugabe, if you will. Time will tell if that turns out to be true.
Mugabe is 83 years old...he won't be there forever, and the prime minister is still a relatively young man. Unless an unfortunate accident occurs, patience and time is on his side.
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