Some questions for Cde George:

"First, the US State Department again rejected the sovereign mandate of Zimbabwe's voters in the 2005 parliamentary elections which all the participating observers declared free and fair." - George, you have overlooked to mention that neither SADC's nor the AU's observer missions found the 2008 presidential run to be free and fair. Any reason for that small oversight?

"Second, Bernard Kouchner for the European Union presidency; Gordon Brown for the British Labour government; and Condoleezza Rice and Jendayi Fraser for the US government -- all stated in June 2008 that the only government of Zimbabwe they were willing to recognise was one led by Tsvangirai" - could that be because the results of the only election in 2008 that was declared to be free and fair showed Tsvangirai to have out polled Mugabe?

"Third, the same leaders sought to force Zimbabwe to cancel the presidential run-off, even though it was required by our Constitution. They wanted to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the voters to revert to the indecisive election results that gave the opposition a slight edge over the liberation movement, Zanu-PF." - wrong, Western consensus generally was that it was disappointing that Tsvangirai did not contest the run off.

"Fourth, when 80 percent of the presidential run-off vote went to President Mugabe, the same white powers denounced the result and demanded the installation of Tsvangirai of the MDC as President of Zimbabwe."- if Mugabe won 80% of the vote in a single candidate election, who got the rest? A ghost candidate for the ghost names on the electoral roll?

"Fifth, they successfully recruited at least three leaders in Sadc to agitate for the position of the UK, US and EU -- that is to urge Sadc and the AU not to recognise President Robert Mugabe as the legitimately elected head of state of Zimbabwe. It took the firm resolutions of AU and Sadc summits to silence those three heads of state." - they don't sound silenced to me, unless Cde George you are including Levy. In any event; 'at least 3'SADC countries - perhaps you could expand on that?

"Sixth, and finally, the UK and US manipulated the G8 and the UN Security Council to invoke Chapter Seven of the UN Charter against Zimbabwe in order to obtain UN permission for a military invasion of Zimbabwe which the US and the UK had been contemplating since the days of their Iraq invasion in 2003." - I am sure that China and Russia are surprised to learn that they have been manipulated. By the way; The Herald has somehow missed the chance to critizise Russia for interferring in the internal affairs of a sovereign country, namely Georgia. No doubt you will get around to that when time permits, or do your principles of non-interferrence only extend West?

Of course the 2008 elections were unfair, the country had been under a economic deadlock for years by the West.

Tsvangirai didn't contest the run-off because he was likely to lose and withdrawing from the run-off was his only way to allow him to pretend he won. You obviously don't know anything about Zimbabwe otherwise you'd know that Tsvangirai was still on the ballot, as obligated by the constitution. Tsvangirai won that other 20%.

China and Russia weren't manipulated, YOU have been manipulated. And are you seriously going to bring up Georgia? This isn't about Russian intervention, this is about Western intervention.

It's just so sad to sit here powerless to what my government is doing to Zimbabwe...

You see to so easily forget that the 80% that Mugabe won in the run off, a gain of some 37% was purely due to the violence, murder and intimidation of opposition supporters, and the forced votes of so many. If you for one moment even consider the 80% a true reflection of the peoples will as accurate, this simply shows how stupid, idiotic, irrational and brainwashed you are.

Why do you support and condone a man who has so blatantly beaten, murdered, raped and tortured your fello Zimbabweans to keep power?

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As I said "If you for one moment even consider the 80% a true reflection of the peoples will as accurate, this simply shows how stupid, idiotic, irrational and brainwashed you are".

Tsvangarai pulled out 4 days before the run off 'election' saving countless lives at the hands of Mugabe thugs. A true leader of the people.

You're not suggesting that Mugabe, the butcher of Harare, responsible for tens of thousands of deaths of Zimbabweans is a better leader of the people are you? Dear oh dear.

Tsvangirai pulled out to "save lives"? Is that right? Then his recent call for new elections means... what?

He's literally asking for the same kind of violence once more because he couldn't finish the job (and by finish the job I mean create a justification for a Western invasion) in the run-off. The guy is completely contradictory in everything he does. A good leader would have signed the generous deal presented by Mbeki and patiently await the next election after the economic crisis has subsided. The problem is, Tsvangirai NEEDS to economic crisis because that's his entire campaign strategy.

Personally, I'm not against new elections, on the condition that the sanctions be lifted months in advance giving Zimbabwe enough time to recover. I'm confident the right person will be elected.

I think you'll find that Tsvangarai would like elections in a controlled peaceful environment where people can vote freely without the fear that vote may cost their life. If he wanted to promote a "western invasion" then he would have stayed in for the run off. But seriously, you must be pretty deluded to even consider the west invading Zimbabwe.

Under these free and fair conditions, its pretty clear that Tsvangarai would win an election.

You really are stupid though. Why do you think its ok for Mugabe and his thugs to unleash waves of violence on the people of Zimbabwe?

And have you seen the deal presented by Mbeki? No, you havent, so stop making stupid assumptions that its generous. In reality, Mugabe shouldnt even be there in the first place, this is something the whole world knows.

Another thing, how can you expect the west to lift sanctions and trade with you and to respect you when your government beats and murders its own people to keep power. By doing so would only condone this barbaric behavior.

Tsvangirai hasn't done anything to prove to me that he has the interests of Zimbabwe at heart, so no I will not have faith in what he says wants. Everything he has done since the first election has been meant to cause instability as he and his party regularly broke Zimbabwe laws to try to appear to the Western media as the victim. Why change now?

"Under these free and fair conditions, its pretty clear that Tsvangarai would win an election."

^-- Purely your opinion.

"You really are stupid though. Why do you think its ok for Mugabe and his thugs to unleash waves of violence on the people of Zimbabwe?"

^--- Stop putting words into my mouth.

"And have you seen the deal presented by Mbeki? No, you havent, so stop making stupid assumptions that its generous. In reality, Mugabe shouldnt even be there in the first place, this is something the whole world knows."

^--- Nope, but any deal would be generous considering that Tsvangirai lost the election.

"Another thing, how can you expect the west to lift sanctions and trade with you and to respect you when your government beats and murders its own people to keep power. By doing so would only condone this barbaric behavior."

^--- Huh? I live in the West. And lets be serious, the West is in absolutely no place to judge foreign governments since we have the worst track record of all.