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Zimbabwe: West Desperate to Unseat President
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The Herald (Harare)
EDITORIAL
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 14 May 2008
Harare
THERE comes a time when the truth, no matter how unsavoury, just cannot be repressed.
The Sunday Times, a South African weekly with a rabid anti-Zimbabwe slant this week carried an article - "The West is conspiring to unseat that valiant warrior, President Mugabe" - by its regular columnist, MOHAU PHEKO, exposing the West's hand in the problems in Zimbabwe and how President Mugabe's refusal to kow-tow to London and Washington has driven them to pursue his ouster at all costs. Read on.
I SUSPECT there is more to the Zimbabwean election than meets the eye. It's hard to decipher where the truth lies, what with MDC-aligned activists masquerading as "independent analysts".
In the meantime, President Thabo Mbeki gives Western powers the finger at the United Nations Security Council, signalling that Africa will handle its own problems.
In the cacophony of Mbeki's critics, we missed the pronouncement he made in a briefing to religious leaders that his mediation process was dogged by the interference of the US and the UK governments.
Is this plausible? Can we unapologetically begin to find some truth in his statement without the debate deteriorating to how Africans always blame the West?
Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's longtime chief of staff, argued that Britain should not be afraid to intervene in Zimbabwe to defend "our interests" and promote "our values" because "intervening in another country no longer risks tipping the two superpowers into global war, because there is only one superpower".
On the other hand, the US government passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act, which among other things decreed that President Robert Mugabe could restore relations with international financial institutions on condition that he restore Zimbabwe's rule of law, withdraw his troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and change the conduct of internal elections.
Why does this only apply to Zimbabwe?
Uganda, a far less open and democratic country, also had troops in the DRC and has successfully annihilated all opposition parties and freedom of the Press -- but has not been subjected to the same conditions because it's happy to do the US' bidding.
The Act authorised US President George W. Bush to fund opposition media and "democracy" and "governance" programmes in Zimbabwe aimed at "discrediting" President Mugabe.
It's instructive to note that the MDC vigorously lobbied for sanctions against its own country, prompting this US law to have the power to instruct all US members of international financial institutions to oppose and vote against any extension of loans, credits or guarantees to Zimbabwe.
According to Gregory Elich, author of Strange Liberators: Militarism, Mayhem and the Pursuit of Profit, "Western financial restrictions made it nearly impossible for Zimbabwe to participate in international trade".
President Mugabe, we are made to believe, unilaterally brought Zimbabwe's economy to its knees, bringing about widespread poverty, a reign of terror and despotism.
On the other hand, Morgan Tsvangirai is spoken of as the author of a noble "revolution" against President Mugabe and Zanu-PF.
This hides the fact that the MDC is in collusion with the US administration and the British government, who both acknowledge that they are working with the MDC to bring down the President Mugabe Government.
Neither the US nor Britain would tolerate outside interference in their internal politics.
The fairy tale that presents a clash between the "evil king" President Mugabe and the "heroic prince" Tsvangirai fails to recognise the geopolitical interests surrounding Zimbabwe and the Sadc region.
Allowing into our backyard the same coalition of countries (Britain and the US ) that brought destruction to Iraq -- under the guise of a UN Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe -- would plunge the Sadc region into a human disaster of enormous proportions.
The anatomy of falling out of favour always follows the same pattern: Elected officials who defy the White House and 10 Downing Street are denounced as dictators despite winning free and fair elections.
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The credibility and legitimacy of the elections is deemed suspicious.
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PLEASE IGNORE THIS ARTICLE. EVERYTHING PUBLISHED BY THE HERALD IS ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA.
Hey mindy are you getting so desperate that you have to plead with people to ignor this article?
No, just informing people who might not know that THE HERALD IS 100% GOVERNMENT OWNED AND EVERY STORY IN IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM ZANU-PF.
Herald articles shouldn't even be on this site. This isn't news, it's propaganda.
PLEASE IGNORE THIS ARTICLE. EVERYTHING PUBLISHED BY THE HERALD IS ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA.
If mindy is not western then he is mentally colonized. It's what the western leaders want. Budget of 21 million usd to zim opposition says it all
Haha anyone that doesnt agree with you is flawed eh? Thats a bit arrogant dont you think? Considering the state of Zimbabwe and the state of the west, maybe you should take some advise from the "mentally colonized". If you are still talking about Colonisation of Zimbabwe, thats in the past. Zimbabwe is now run by Zimbabweans whether the MDC or Bob is in power. Its just a card played by the current goverment to try and scare people into voting for them. The british would never waste their time invading Zimbabwe, it really is just a small insignificant country... [Read Full Text]
"Mentally colonized". Hahaha, that's a new one. Maybe after another 28 years when there's still no sign of Britain colonizing Zim they will start to claim "the British are trying to mentally colonize us" :-D
Firstly there's no proof that US$21m was given to MDC by "the west". In fact, if it's written in the Herald it's far more likely to be a lie than truth.
Secondly, how much money does ZANU-PF spend on their campaigns? Must cost a lot to send those soldiers out to beat people into voting "right"!
Taneta nePropaganda yeZanu-Pf.What future does a government have for the younger generation they try to spoon-feed with blatant lies.If there's one thing ZANU_PF won't afford , its the support of the young and educated.We want food on the table, jobs on the market and fair salaries to go with it.If you cant give that to us fokoro.Moda kuti tikuvare nenzara imi muchiguta sei?Pamusoro pazvo motirova nekuuraya hama dzedu futi.All people who support ZANU-PF are either sadistic, sympathetically uneducated, benefiting from the party directly or forced to show Mugabe "some love".The remainder of them are just sickheads who have somehow... [Read Full Text]
Justified and well placed anger Frankguru.
I know mindpower but think of it as the comedy channel. Tell me you havent laughed at, at least one herald story while doing a *face-clap* and shaking your head? It's the idea that someone with pretentions of being a serious journalist is sitting there so proud of the story they made up and thinking, "Oh yeah this bit of fiction is gonna get me a Pulitzer!" convinced that people are going to count it as fair and unbiased news. The Herald newspaper is like Fox news in The United States. You watch it and think, "surely no one takes... [Read Full Text]
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