There is no doubt that sanctions are real and sanctions are harmful to the wellbeing of Zimbabweans and the country as a whole. Anyone who does not acknowledge the existence of sanctions is a witch, is a criminal and above all is a stupid idiotic fool full of foolishness. Such a person is like a snake that kills what it does not eat.

That is the same with Tsvangirai; he is only interested in seeing people dying from the effects of sanctions as long as he gets political mileage out of it. How else could one explain his denial of the existence of sanctions when it was him who campaigned for same?

He went from one western capital to another asking and lobbying imperialists to impose sanctions on the people of Zimbabwe so that, through the suffering of ordinary Zimbabwean voters, he could be voted into power.

Biti, one of those that drafted ZiDERA, is acknowledging their existence and the effect that these sanctions have had on our economy and yet a retarded foolish idiot like "Boycott" Tsvangi has decided to continue denying their existence, WHY? NOKUTI CHIKWAMBO CHAKE CHIRI KUSVETA ROPA REVANA VEZIMBABWE (Because his gobllin is surviving on Zimbabweans' blood). Muroyi womunhu!!!

Biti never drafted Zidera. Lies.

At least you agree the sanctions are legal.

So to simplify, it sounds like what you are saying is that anyone who does not believes the lies of Mugabe and the Herald is a witch, a criminal, and an idiot. That's a pretty juvenile argument, don't you think? You give no evidence of the existence of these so called "illegal" sanctions, nor any discussion of exactly what effects they are having on normal people if they do exist.

We all know that Mugabe can no longer go shopping or spend the ILLEGAL money that he has stashed in Paris, London or New York because of TARGETED sanctions against him personally as well as a few hundred other ZANU-PF criminals; but how does this effect the common man in ZImbabwe? No more designer handbags brought in from Paris on the presidential jet? Seriously, I'd like to hear you explain a single way that TARGETED sanctions on these INDIVIDUALS effects the rest of the country? The only one that I can think of is the fact that the president is publicly considered an evil person in many other countries. Too bad, he deserves it.

You also seem to be confused about what constitutes a sanction. According to the dictionary it is:

sanc⋅tion –noun A coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law.

co⋅erce –verb To bring about through the use of force or other forms of compulsion; exact: to coerce obedience.

If you apply this definition to Zimbabwe as a whole, you will have to agree that, other then an arms embargo by certain countries, there are no sanctions against the whole country of Zimbabwe. If so, please supply a link or at least a description of what exactly those sanctions consist of. There are no laws in any country forbidding commerce with Zimbabwe. No country prevents it's private banks from accepting deposits, nor making loans to Zimbabwe. If so, please tell me what they are and in which countries, and how that effects the country of Zimbabwe as a whole? Even the IMF has lent Zimbabwe money lately.

Or, are you alleging that an arms embargo is effecting the economy of Zimbabwe? Please explain? China, for one, certainly remains happy to sell bullets to Mugabe.

You also continue to peddle the fabrication that Tsvangirai is responsible for the nonexistent sanctions on Zimbabwe as well as the TARGETED sanctions on Mugabe and his gang of thugs. This is preposterous. You accord too much power to your enemy. Your argument assumes that the legislatures of other countries are populated by simpletons who are easily led to do things for the powerful Morgan Tsvangirai and his right hand man Tendi Biti.

I'm not positive, but wasn't Tsvangirai busy defending himself in court against a trumped-up charge of treason when all these TARGETED sanctions were passed?

You also continue to refer to ZIDERA as a sanction and to claim that it was written by Biti. ZEDERA was written by Donald Payne, an African-American, US Congressman. The vote in the House was 369 votes FOR, and 11 votes AGAINST. Every single member of the Congressional Black Caucus voted FOR. ZIDERA is not a sanction, merely an instruction to the US representatives at the World Bank, the IMF and other international lending institutions to vote against Zimbabwe's applications for loans and assistance until the country holds free and fair, internationally recognized elections; and adheres to the rule of it's own laws. Neither of which have yet to occur.

It should be noted that the US does not have a veto at any of these institutions. So practically speaking, even if the US were to vote against Zimbabwe, the measure could still pass. In fact, the US has publicly stated they have never exercised their right to vote NO against Zimbabwe. The reason that Zimbabwe can't get loans is simply because it hasn't paid back the old loans which Mugabe used to fund corrupt activities.

Rather then calling people names, perhaps you should try to strengthen your position by constructing an intelligent argument that supports your point of view of this complex issue. I'd love to hear it.

Illegal economic sanctions?

How the hell are they illegal?