Published by the government of Zimbabwe
Isdore Guvamombe
22 December 2008
opinion
Harare — EUROPE'S faulting regime change ambition last week clouded the minds the world's political "deities" and "ultra-democratic leaders", resulting in them brazenly calling for military intervention to thwart a national cholera outbreak, only for visionary Russia, China, South Africa and others to stop them.
The bacteria vibrio cholerae that causes cholera suddenly found a new medical prescription of blazing guns, prescribed for Zimbabwe by none other those international war doctors George W. Bush, Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, among others.
In Bush, Brown and Sarkozy, the world has a team of highly ambitious, evil, vengeful and intolerant bloodthirsty dictators, who masquerade as this planet's ultra democrats.
Then there is Seretse Khama Ian Khama, who acts as the teaser bull for these men who form the axis of evil against African humanism.
To imagine that whole presidents of the "world's most democratic, accountable and best governed countries" want to invade Zimbabwe using a cholera outbreak as a smokescreen is not only sad, but political mischief only acceptable to fools.
The call for military intervention conjured up images of United States, French and British soldiers shooting through Harare and other cholera-hit places, killing more people than the bacteria itself in the name of democracy.
The war territory had been marked by Sadc's rebellious teaser bachelor bull, Botswana's Khama, in the build-up to the United Nations Security Council meeting and then the territorial bulls took over and made the rumbling noises.
Fetid.
Zimbabweans need resources to improve their lives, not blazing guns.
A cholera outbreak needs nurses, doctors and medicine, not soldiers' guns and bullets.
No one needs a degree in sociology or paediatrics to know that, more so presidents of First World countries.
When I was a young cattle herdboy around the lush green pastures of Nyakaocha Mountain in Guruve, it was common to see a teaser bull gore a wet anthill and muddy its ugly face.
It would spatter the whole area with dung. We called it territory-marking.
Noisy, roaring and pounding the ground with its hoofs, the teaser bull would attract the attention of territorial bulls which eventually converged and started bellowing until they locked horns.
The teaser bull would never join the fight.
At the end it defied logic why the big ones fought, except that they lost their senses to the teasing.
It is now common knowledge that ahead of any major international event, Zimbabwe's detractors try to rattle pressure in a manner that is high-sounding yet signifying nothing.
A week before the UN Security Council meeting, Khama bellowed and teased that Zimbabwe's neighbours should close borders and force President Mugabe's Government to collapse.
He then visited Gordon Brown in the United Kingdom and repeated his exhortations in typical teaser bull fashion.
Bush, Sarkozy and Brown itched for a fight and took up the teasing for a real fight in a manner that is laughable; calling for President Mugabe to resign over cholera and for the UN to intervene militarily.
Shame.
Russia, China, Africa and other progressive members of the Security Council, alongside Sadc and the African Union, have always maintained that the Zimbabwean situation does not constitute a security threat to anyone but Tony Blair, Bush, Brown and, off late, Sarkozy, have become so blinded by their own propaganda that they do not give any regard to the true situation on the ground.
But the world should not forget that it was the same British and French who colonised Africa and that Russia, then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and China supported this continent's fight against colonialism.
Today, these countries have stood firm and refused to be pushed into accepting the truckloads of lies on Zimbabwe meant to effect illegal regime change.
The position of these countries is something that should be emulated by the rest of the world.
When Russia sent its troops to Georgia, it made a point and it was heard far and wide.
On Zimbabwe, Russia, China and South Africa have made a clear point that they will not tolerate the sort of political madness that has gripped the axis of evil of Bush, Brown and Sarkozy.
What is painful is that when a military intervention is implemented, it is Zimbabweans who die.
It will not matter whether one is from Zanu-PF or belongs to any of the MDC formations or any other political formation or is even indeed apolitical, people will die.
It is our mothers, our sisters, our brothers, our fathers and ourselves who will die.
Zimbabwe will be the battleground, not America, not Britain, not France.
Bush, Sarkozy and Brown will see the war in newspapers, on television sets and on the Internet, but Zimbabweans will bite the bullets.
Now it is clear that Russia and China are permanent friends of Zimbabwe as they have continued their legacy of supporting the liberation of the people from the days of the liberation struggle.
It was through Russia and China that Zimbabwe's liberation movements got their support for the war and those who have followed events over the years know that the British and Americans have never and will not forgive President Mugabe for defeating them.
By taking back the land and insisting on 100 percent empowerment for the black majority, President Mugabe has humiliated and frustrated the British, Americans and their friends as they regard themselves as a superior race.
The leaders of these countries have become mole-blind to the reality in Zimbabwe and they have always misjudged President Mugabe for someone finished.
It is their terrible misjudgment that has seen these Western leaders fail to understand that what is good for them is not necessarily good for Zimbabweans.
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You are right, war is not the answer or the correct method to apply in any circumstance. Let the dialogue continues and prayerfully, there will be a break through. I highly commend the people of Zim for haven't used guns to settle their political problem.
When one reads that the AU has suspended Guinea - What about ZIm please African Leaders Make it your new year resolution to change the way you think and not suffer from delayed action
This article reflects the realities of this world: warmongering, lies, hypocrisy, propagand, dishonesty, and so on.
We are all used to natural disasters: earthquakes, disease outbreaks, hurricanes, etc... In an unfortunate event that a disaster hits your friends and/or neighbours, you don't come to their recue by shooting the survivors, but by providing them with food, medecines and shelter.
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard some people suggesting that the best anti-cholera drug was to invade Zimbabwe, militarily!!!
there is no need for war and there won't be any. the deteriorating political, financial, and health situations have already triggered the beggining of the end of zanu-pf.