America.gov (Washington, DC)
5 June 2008
The incident, which occurred 40 kilometers outside Harare, was "not a random occurrence," and "is an example of the fact that this government doesn't know any bounds. It flouted all international convention, as well as the protections accorded to diplomats accredited to their country," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
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Greta you're too trusting. Zimbabwe was cut off long before ZIEDRA.
Everytime this happens you want to have meetings and talk about it well people are starving and dying while you propose meetings and talk so put your money where your mouth is! The people in Zimbabwe do not need meetings or talks they need action!
Show the people of Zimbabwe that you care enough to step in and end Mugabe's reign by force b/c as we have seen your meetings and words have no affect on this man..
You try to overthrow the country, starve them by sactions and wonder why they're not welcoming. Forcing them to flee to south africa, only to be slaughtered there by xenophia.
why are some people so stupid to believe that the travel sanctions imposed on Zimbabwean ministers actually effect the average Zimbabwean. No body is trying to over through the country. In any democratic country, if the opposition wins the election, are they over throwing the country? No. Morgan is Zimbabwean. His party is Zimbabwean. All the people (the majority) that voted for Morgan are Zimbabwean. Has the Zanu PF mananaged to brainwash that many people?!
What sanctions? Unfortunately you've been hoodwinked by Zim govt propaganda.
The said diplomats should maybe ..just consider closing shop in Zim because it is apparent that to some people.. they are unwelcome in Harare.
Or am I naive?...Maybe there is unfinished business in Harare!
Maybe you are correct. They should close shop and close their eyes to the plight of Zimbabweans suffering and dying in order to keep a senile despot in power. But they chose not to. Unfinished business in Harare, why would anyone want Zimbabwe after Mugabe and his lot have ruined everything. Rather let his lot carry on, in a few years time they will beg for anyone come in and take over their incompetence. After ten years of disasterous policy there is mass starvation, a third of the population needs to fed by the West and the country is bankrupt. Surely if one wanted to create an indigenous farming powerhouse, first educate them and then take the land necessary, then they would have recieved all the finance necessary. Sorry but to evict people because of their political preference is sad and ignorant, the evictions were a purely political move to try to ensure sucession.
I agree, let's break off diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe and expel their diplomats. I can just hear the protests right now. "They want to cut us off, they want to stop us trading, they are trying to damage our reputation, they are trying to cripple our economy".
Or maybe we should just request that they let us know before they leave their residence and where they are going and what they will be doing when they get there? Or is that against the Vienna Convention? I think so.
Could they also raise the issue of sanctions and badwill they are bringing on Zimbabwe. They imposed sanctions on people and think that those people will love them. They should discuss ZIDERA first before they start waflling about the detention of a few diplomats. Our people are dying everyday because of America's bullying and the squeeze they have put on the economy. They should tell their ambassador Crocker that he brought on the people of Zimbabwe when he said we are going to make the economy scream. America should clean house first before they talk about any one of us.