GOVERNMENT has dismissed statements by US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer claiming that Morgan Tsvangirai won an outright victory in the March 29 harmonised elections.
Jeffjedi, you are out of your mind! Americans solving African problems! since when? You must be talking about the USA helping aparthied South Africa to arrest Mandela and claiming to be fighting communism. How can we forget when the USA funded Unita and Jonas Savimba to kill as many angolans as possible! Can they real solve African problems! The USA has been vocal about Darfur(Sudan) and what have they achieved..absolutely nothing!! Ohhhhh the USA stabilized Iraq! what rubbish. They have failed to improve Iraq after spending 100 trillion dollars. What a joke!
Oh bye the way Zimbabwe offered USA election counters after the USA could not count in Florida. The court decided USA elections. Southern Africa leaders, not American imperialists will help restore order in Zimbabwe. American is facing bankrupcy and their saviour is CHINA (the communists). Failed banks in the USA are borrowing money from China. Why shouldn't African then look to the source of money - CHINA! Yes, China is the place to get loans, not tough talking anglos!!!
What the US and Britain are doing is "interfering in the democratic affairs of a sovereign African nation". The people who accepted money from them to outvote Mugabe because he is taking back farm lands that were gained during the days of colonization. This is clear to see for those who do not have hidden agendas. What the ZANU-PF should do is indict all the MDC on charges of treason. This is what America would do if an election candidate here got money from a foreign government for their election campaign.(Or would they? Clinton took Chinese funds)
Zuma was forthright that the ANC was speaking as a neighbour “directly affected” by the deepening social and economic crisis in Zimbabwe.Never did the ANC pretend that “megaphone diplomacy” or military adventurism was the solution to the Zimbabwean crisis.
African leaders who attended the AU summit in Mauritius at the weekend came to the same conclusion, endorsing Mbeki to continue his mediation efforts.That is unless they want Mugabe to drive a wedge through Sadc as he did to the European Union ahead of Lisbon last year, much to “militant” Gordon Brown’s embarrassment.
My reading of the ANC’s statement yields two perspectives: the continued violence in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia does not speak well for the efficacy of the military “solution” so beloved of the US and Britain.Secondly, that approach has “isolated” the “global north” from influencing events in Zimbabwe where all eyes are focused.
None will admit that militarism as a policy option has been a disaster which cost Tony Blair his job and will cost the Republicans the Senate and Congress in the US.
I dont know why do we care what Frazer or any American poletician said. we, African, can take care of our selves as long as USA and britain not interfering. regarding Frezer, let me give you one good example. she told to former USA ambasoder to UN Mr, John Bolton willing to revers the court decision regarding Ethiopia-eritrea war, see mr boltons book. she was favour to ethiopia. In a briefing before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's travel to Ethiopia, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer responded to questions pertaining to Eritrea too. Following is an excerpt of the briefing:
Question: Can I just ask one more very briefly on the Boundary Commission thing? Former Ambassador Bolton has written in his book that you in February of 2006 told him that you wanted to reopen the Boundary Commission's 2002 decision and to give the area or parts of the area around –inaudible- to award that which had been already granted to Eritrea to Ethiopia. Is that correct?
Assistant Secretary Frazer: No. Thank you for asking the question. I actually haven't read the book, so I am surprised that I even feature in it. But I can assure you unequivocally that I've never advocated for reopening the boundary decision, the EEBC decision on the -- you know, the land, the delimitation line. In fact, we've been very clear that we accept the delimitation line. The issue was how do you move from delimitation to demarcation. And I've always advocated that that has to involve dialogue between the countries because, clearly, territory that was Eritrea's has been given to Ethiopia, territory that's Ethiopian has been given to Eritrea. That's what drawing straight lines typically does. And so not to reopen the decision, but rather to have a dialogue about the demarcation, including options of open borders so that the people on the borders can move back and forth. And that really is, I think, just a matter of how do you implement the decision, not reopening or questioning decisions. So I could say without—unequivocally that I've never advocated for changing the delimitation decision of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission. The crux of the matter contained in Frazer’s interview with VOA on Feb 1, 2006 is her statement: “For example, if the delimitation line separates a person's house from their farm, one has to adjust the line or compensate the farmer; and so that is the just and reasonable aspect. And so that requires some dialogue.” Here, Frazer ponders two options: adjust the line or compensate. To read and interpret Frazer’s remarks as limited to only one option, adjusting the line, therefore, has no validity beyond wild and wishful speculations of charlatan politicians and political analysts.
Adjusting the line is an absolute no-no not only because it wouldn’t be consistent with expressed and firm US policy of adhering to the final and binding nature of the line but also because it would constitute a blatant violation of the Algiers Peace Agreement. So I dont understand why do we even talk about her lies and cry. she and her administration are miniplative and dont care about any africans or their administration.
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Cinamasa should realise he is out of a job, a dictator as a master and no freebies from now on, no more free farm free businesses or free lunches. As a matter of fact his life is going to become very hard as NO one is going to want a legal man who supported Muagbe blindly and without due though. Mugabe lost hands down . Good bye Mugabe, goodbye Chinamasa, I hope you have a good pension policy and by the way good riddance!