SW Radio Africa (London)
Lance Guma
22 December 2008
The United States government has made it clear it will no longer support Zimbabwe's power sharing deal signed in September, because Mugabe has reneged on it and is not interested in genuinely sharing power.
US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, announced the new policy position in South Africa on Sunday. Frazer says she has spent the last couple of days explaining the policy shift to regional leaders. 'The power sharing agreement ... needs to be implemented with someone other than Robert Mugabe as president,' she said.
The abduction of opposition and civil society activists, the unilateral grabbing of key ministries and the general decline in the country's humanitarian and economic situation, have all combined to reinforce this new position by the Americans. Frazer told reporters in Pretoria that Mugabe was 'completely out of touch' and was responsible for turning the once prosperous country into a 'failed state' where food is scarce and the currency worthless. 'Today we know better,' Frazer said in explaining why they have changed their minds.
After the power sharing deal was signed the US government pledged to support reconstruction efforts, including a possible US$1.2 billion in debt relief and removal of targeted sanctions. 'That's off the table now with Robert Mugabe remaining in government,' Frazer said. She also said they expected 'a lot of hot rhetoric' from Mugabe, but that he was 'completely out of touch' with the fact 5 million Zimbabweans would need food aid by January. 'He has no idea,' she said. 'He's getting plenty of groceries.'
Frazer also told regional leaders they were protecting Mugabe by failing to criticize him. The South African government however maintained their stance of urging dialogue. 'We believe in that agreement as the way for Zimbabwe to deal with its problems,' said Thabo Masebe, a spokesman for South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. Mozambique has also called for the formation of a unity government as a way forward.
Meanwhile the UK Times newspaper has reported that businessmen accused by the US government of propping up Mugabe's regime, are operating freely in Britain. Out of 21 companies blacklisted by the Americans, 14 are based in Britain. Businessman John Bredenkamp is one key individual on the black list. Authorities in the UK treasury department said, 'We are considering a range of measures with EU partners in response to the continuing impasse in Zimbabwe, including further targeted measures. Announcing these prematurely would be ineffective.'
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Only a stupid, foolish and idiotic person can say that they do not have a “credible partner” to work with but goes ahead and request a meeting with the same person they despise. This only shows that Tsvangirai is immature, intransigent and confused at the same time.
Tsvangirai thinks he can have it both ways whereby he takes instructions from McGee and Jendayi Fraser; and at the same time pretending to be going along with SADC’s final decision to form a unity govt “without further delay”. It is practically impossible!!
He exiled himself in Botswana for more than three months anticipating that the govt of President Robert Mugabe will be toppled by December 2008 - the President is getting stronger and stronger everyday. When Zimbabwe was hit by the cholera outbreak, he thought it was the best chance for him to have his masters and Khama invade our country because of the disease – created and spread in Zimbabwe by the same imperialists in the first place.
When this did not happen, he found himself in a dilemma – unable to decide whether to continue listening to Anglo-Euro-American axis of evil or to go back to Zimbabwe, as per the invitation letter from President Mugabe and the recommendation of SADC to form a govt of national unity.
This is his dilemma and this has been compounded by the fact that his main masters, Jendayi and McGee, representing Bush, are leaving office in a matter of days and not months. The sellout is confused and does not know what to do next as he is not sure what the foreign policy of the in-coming Obama administration is going to be, especially towards Zimbabwe.
Another major problem facing the idiot is the power struggle and internal divisions within the sellout party. Biti has emerged as a serious contender for the top post which the idiot does not want to relinquish after his two terms expire in February 2009. It is therefore a do-or-die kind of situation being faced by the confused fool.
Add to all this, the arrest and evidence thereof linking Tsvangirai to bandits trained in Khama’s Tswana land and you will see that the fool has no option but to go back home and face the music. Supporters have abandoned him, his party is in disarray and his masters are leaving office without presenting Mugabe’s head on Bush’s dinner table.
The diplomatic offensive that the sellout undertook came to nothing. The so-called support that Tsvangirai was thought to have turned out to be Jendayi’s pigment of her own imagination and her hallucinations. She has now gone back to Washington, with her tail between her legs, to packing her bags and joins the many unemployed and unemployable American dogs of war that facing the chop on 20 January 2009.
All this has exposed Tsvangirai as the unclever and unthinking fool who has no option but to go back to Zimbabwe before his demands are met – demands that include having terrorists released from prison.
My brother in reflection and fellow African Patriot, while I understand your cris de guerre against MT, I think, as African brothers and sisters, we are, in the main, a forgiving people.
We cannot telescope what MT'S attitude will be next week. But, to be fair, his decision to return to the bargaining table should be applauded.
You can bet your bottom dollar that rhodies are now confused by MT's decision TO MEET WITH THE GREAT MAN, COMRADE MUGAGE, a man they have wrongheadedly and boneheadedly characterized on this site in verba idiotic and morose.
Now, to be fair, I have also thrown on MT some acidic and soul searing epithets. But, whoever said that the discourse herein was a party: it is, at the very least, a war of words, a reflective and rhetorical war in a difficult search for relative intersubjectively valid theoretical and practical truths.
Since man, philosophically speaking, can always change his character, his habitus, it is prudent to wait: wait for the results of the tete a tete under the jurisdiction of SADC in Harare.
GLORY TO THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE, THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA, AND GLORY TO THE GREAT FIGHTER, COMRADE MUGAGE, and down with rhodies, ALL rhodies, obscurantists and bearers of archaic attitudes, savage attitudes.
PLEASE IGNORE ANY POSTS FROM TAKUNYA_NDEBVU AND MABHIZA. THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME PERSON AND PAID BY THE ZANU PF'S MINISTRY OF INFORMATION (PROPOGANDA DEPARTMENT) TO POST AS MUCH PROPOGANDA ON THE WEB AS POSSIBLE TO PROMOTE THE MURDEROUS AND THEIVING ROBERT MUGABE. IF YOU READ ANY OF HIS POSTS YOU'LL SEE THAT HE MAKES THINGS UP AND CONTINUALLY LIES FOR THIS AIM. HE HAS NO CREDIBILITY WHATSOEVER AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. HE WILL CONTINUNALLY CLAIM THAT TSVANGIRAI HAS CALLED FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE. THIS CLAIM IS 100% FALSE AND DESIGNED TO ALIENATE TSVANGIRAI FROM THE MAJORTIY OF THE PEOPLE IN ZIMBABWE THAT SUPPORT HIM. HE HAS NO EVIDENCE OF THIS, AND WILL TRY TO TELL YOU THAT THIS HAPPENED ON BBC HARDTALK. IF YOU LOOK UP TSVANGIRAI'S INTERVIEW ON HARDTALK THROUGH YOUTUBE, YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE NO MENTION OF SANCTIONS AT ALL. IT IS SIMPLY A LIE, LIKE THE REST OF HIS POSTS. HE IS ALSO UNABLE TO NAME A SINGLE SANCTION THAT SITS AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE AND HAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ANY OF HIS CLAIMS AND LIES BLATANTLY ON A CONSTANT BASIS. HE WILL ALSO CALL ANY PERSON WHO IS AGAINST THE TRYANNY AND GENOCIDAL REIGN OF MUGABE WHO ARGUES WITH HIM ANY NAME UNDER THE SUN IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT THEM. SO PLEASE DONT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH TAKUNYA, HE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER ARGUE WITH A (SELF PROFESSED!)IDIOT. HE'LL ONLY BRING YOU DOWN TO HIS LEVEL AND BEAT YOU WITH EXPERINCE.
Here is one recent comment "I will not recognize such a GOD who bombs victims instead of aggressors - victim of sanctions, victims of cholera, victims of AIDS, victims of Syphilis, victims of Agent Orange and Dioxin, victims of genocide as in Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan, victims of homosexuality and victims of all sorts of ills afflicting this world - all created and spread by CIA and MI6."
So the CIA and MI6 invented homosexuality? Syphilis? Dear oh dear. Here are some facts (and you cant argue with facts!) why.. 1) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza work for the Herald, are paid by the ZANU PF to spread propaganda and lies, and to twist the truth in the ZANU PF's favor on the internet.
2) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza are one and the same person.
3) I "killed people and others suffer during slavery. You killed people and made others suffer during colonialism. You are killing people today and making others suffer because they want to have control of their own resources."
3) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza have stated that Mugabe is the most democratic leader in Africa. Seriously!
4) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza have stated that "in a bid to tarnish the image of Zanu pf, MDC went on a killing spree and murderered 130 MDC and Zanu pf supporters in the process."
5) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe there were " over 200 CIA operatives criss-crossing the country during the elections."
6) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe "Even the British are not happy with Tsvangirai's leaning towards the Americans when it was their (regime change) project in the first place.
7) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that "Prem and Awt_independent, Phiri … are hired by the MDC establishment. Infact they are the brains in MDC hence are the ones strategising attacks on the Zimbabwean people be it via violence or sanctions." So now I work for the CIA, MI5 (see below) and the MDC.
8) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that war veterans and police officers should be allowed to bar the MDC from distributing food to starving orphans.
9) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that freedom of speech should not exist in Zimbabwe and newspaper editors should be monitored to ensure they subscribe to the Zanu PF government's policies.
10) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that the US and Britain have openly stated that they are working with Zimbabwean journalists for "illegal regime change"
11) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe the west "created the HIV virus and injeted it into the African people. They then turned around and alleged that HIV originated in Africa"
"virus was created in a lab by some American scientist and injected into selected African families and this is proof enough that their experiments have not ended and this time they are using the HIV virus to exterminate the Africa race."
12) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe the MDC has a "dictatorial leader who does not allow alternative voices". Rather ironic that one.
13) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza both support the use of violence, murder, rape and torture by Mugabe against the people of Zimbabwe.
14) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza both believe that Bush is responsible for atrocities in Iraq, and this justifies Mugabe's atrocities in Zimbabwe, including the genocide of 20,000 Ndebele people and the murders of over 100 MDC supporters during this years elections.
15) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza should be ignored because none of their posts are truthful and they are always misleading.
16) If you say anything against Mugabe, Takunya and Comical Mabhiza may say that you are paid by the CIA and MI5 to write here.
17) I do not work for the CIA
18) The CIA does not pay me. If they do, please give them my bank account details, all cards accepted. :-)
19) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza will also resort to childish name calling when they have no factual evidence based argument.
20) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza both believe that Tsvangirai called for sanctions against the people of Mugabe.
21) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza should be ignored because non of their posts are truthful and they are always misleading.
22) Tsvangirai never called for sanctions against the people of Zimbabwe.
23) When confronted and asked for evidence of this, Takunya and Comical Mabhiza have none.
24) The Sanctions faced by Zimbabwe are not against the people of Zimbabwe.
25) The Sanctions faced by Zimbabwe are only against the government and its ministers, and 4 companies, including one that makes military uniforms.
26) None of these Sanctions are faced by the people of Zimbabwe.
27) Tsvangirai is not responsible for these sanctions.
28) If Tsvangirai did not exist, there would still be sanctions on Zimbabwe (as described above).
29) Therefore Tsvangirai is 100% independent of Zimbabwe being sanctioned as above.
30) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza should be ignored because non of their posts are truthful and they are always misleading.
31) Biti and Ncube, and Tsvangirai had no input into the drafting of the American sanctions bill.
32) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe the west wants to recolonise Zimbabwe.
33) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe the west wants to invade Zimbabwe.
34) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza should be ignored because non of their posts are truthful and they are always misleading.
35) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe the west wants to poison aid and kill Zimbabweans.
36) Tsvangirai has never denied aid to the Zimbabwean people, only Mugabe has done this.
37) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza should be ignored because non of their posts are truthful and they are always misleading.
38) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that Zimbabwe only has partial independence and that the fight against colonialism still goes on.
39) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that Tsvangirai called for sanctions whilst being interviewed on BBC HardTalk in 2000.
40) Tsvangirai never appeared on BBC HardTalk in 2000. More lies.
41) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that the British want to bomb Zimbabwe.
42) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that the west wants to inject AIDS into aid to give to the people of Zimbabwe.
43) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that west want to destabilize Zimbabwe and "make it ungovernable for eventual American and British takeover just like in Iraq and Afghanistan."
44) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that Tsvangirai didn’t attend the meeting of SADC heads in Swaziland because he refused to go, and that he had a valid passport tor travel. This is after the Zim government clearly stated that Tsvangirai wasn’t issued a passport because there was no paper to make passports due to paper being under sanction.
45) Paper is not under any type of sanction.
46) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that Zimbabwe does not need any outside help.
47) Takunya and Comical Mabhiza believe that Bush is tainting Genetically Modified Foods with Aids and delivering it to Zimbabwe. Is this even possible?
48) Takunya and comical Mabhiza believe that Tsvangirai boycotted the Swaziland summet in favour of a round of golf.
49) For saying these things, Takunya and Mabhiza have tried to discredit me by saying that "You have supported the American war on Iraq and Afghanistan. You have supported the torture of suspected terrorists by the CIA as it practises its extraordinary randition around the world. You have supported the rape of women and girls by the American soldiers many times. You have supported the use of chemical weapons on civilians in Vietnam many times on this forum. You are a CIA agent. You have been exposed as a bitter former white commercial farmer who got recruted by the CIA. You are totally against the land reform do not lie. You were part of the killing machinary that massacred our comrades at Chimoio, Nyadzonya, Mkushi etc."
All of this is simply propaganda made up by Takunya and Mabhiza to discredit what I say in my posts. And obvious as such to everyone with a brain. And I wouldnt be campaigning so strongly for the people of Zimbabwe who are subject to such practices at the hands of the Butcher of Harare if any of this were true. Water off a ducks back to me though.
PS did everyone spot the 4 spelling mistakes in that piece of nonsense. Someone needs to learn how to spell too. :-)
So just ignore Takunya and Comical Mabhiza, and let these facts speak for themselves.
Thank you for your time.
one would expect this to be held on neutral ground and with the other sadc leaders who seem to have sidelined themselves with whoever to be present
The most sickening part is that ordinary people are suffering and those at the top and others who unleash stupid remarks dont seem to feel the pain of the ordinary person- they are probaly getting paid in us$!!!
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