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The Disastrous Mr. Mugabe
NY Times ^
| 20 MARCH 2007
| EDITORIAL
Posted on 03/20/2007 7:35:21 AM PDT by rdb3
March 20, 2007
Editorial
The Disastrous Mr. Mugabe
Zimbabwes president, Robert Mugabe, has spent much of his 26-plus years in power suppressing all opposition, persecuting defenseless minorities and destroying a once-promising economy. He has shamelessly tried to deflect all blame for the disastrous consequences including a man-made famine and a catastrophically mishandled H.I.V./AIDS epidemic onto international scapegoats, chiefly Britain and the United States.
Now, the 83-year-old Mr. Mugabe seems to have descended into total power-madness. He has barred opponents from leaving the country, ordered his thugs to literally crack the skulls of opposition leaders, accused his own partys youth group of plotting against him, and told Western critics to go hang. Last week, he threatened to run again in 2008 for another six-year term.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: mugabe; murderousthug
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NYT says this? Interesting.
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:35:22 AM PDT
by
rdb3
To: rdb3
Now, the 83-year-old Mr. Mugabe seems to have descended into total power-madness. Is the NYT's new slogan "all the 'news' that's older than dirt"?
-Eric
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:38:54 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
(Myspace "Freepers" group moderator)
To: rdb3
Somebody needs to help him take a dirt nap.
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:39:54 AM PDT
by
Armedanddangerous
(The Coldest Blood Runs through my veins..you know my name..)
To: rdb3
The future for America:
We all could live in a liberal paradise where only the criminals have guns, where those who criticize any of the utopian social engineering going on are persecuted as purveyors of "hate speech", and, finally, where the subjects will do what their intellectual betters tell them to do.
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:41:42 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: rdb3
Iain Smith, Rhodesia's former white leader, governed much more fairly and prosperously, yet received a relentless pounding from the world media.
Where is the outrage here? Where is the talk of embargoes and intervention?
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:42:02 AM PDT
by
Elpasser
To: rdb3
That's nice of them but how many people have had to die and suffer until they figured this out.
I guess he gives the "liberation struggle" a bad name so the "Times" wants him out.
A modern day Stalin that Hillary would purge from "the party."
Talk is cheap on this issue.
Mugabe makes me thoroughly angry.
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:43:51 AM PDT
by
Nextrush
( Chris Matthews Band: "I get high....I get high.....I get high.....McCain......")
To: rdb3
Wow, if the NYT is opposing an anti-US dictator, maybe this is a dictator that even Jimmy Carter won't support.
To: rdb3
Mugabe must be put down like the rabid dog that he is. The syphilis is starting to show...
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:46:17 AM PDT
by
Wraith
(To have peace prepare for War.)
To: rdb3
Mugabe is just living proof of the truth that Africa's greatest curse is it's own leaders.
To: untrained skeptic
maybe this is a dictator that even Jimmy Carter won't support. He isn't so bad Carter wouldn't support him.
He would propose foreign aid for him.
To: rdb3
Wonder if we'll ever see:
Zimbabwes Cuba's president, Robert Mugabe Fidel Castro, has spent much of his 26-plus years in power suppressing all opposition, persecuting defenseless minorities and destroying a once-promising economy. He has shamelessly tried to deflect all blame for the disastrous consequences including a man-made famine and a catastrophically mishandled H.I.V./AIDS epidemic onto international scapegoats, chiefly Britain and the United States.
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posted on
03/20/2007 7:54:27 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: rdb3
Hugo Chavez is well down this dictatorial road as well. I seem to remember the lib media, including the N.Y. times feteing Mugabe in the beginning, much like they do Chavez now. It is simply amazing how dense many in the mainstream media are. Over and over, the libs idolize thugs like Stalin, Guevara, Castro, Mugabe and now Chavez. It really is a mental illness.
To: facedown
Insert, in first line of full paragraph after "Castro,"; and before "has spent" the following "who got his job through the New York Times,"
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posted on
03/20/2007 8:03:54 AM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: rdb3
Why is the NYT upset? After all, he's a socialist who liberated his country, didnt he?
I guess maybe theyre worried the impending holocaust over there will make them look bad for all their previous years of cheerleading this despot. Only when things go to hell in a handbasket do they "find religion". I guess timing is everything.
To: rdb3
This sounds like a job for Walter Duranty. When the Times needs to cover up evidence of socialist crimes, Duranty come in to save the day. No human rights violations or economic collapse is too great for Duranty to sweep under the rug. If he could ignore Stalin's mass murder, making Mugabe's record shine should be a quick morning's work.
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posted on
03/20/2007 8:06:07 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
To: KarlInOhio
Lousy, dishonest journalism doesn't improve when it's published in the NYT.
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posted on
03/20/2007 8:13:57 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Hillary - the Empty Pants Suit)
To: rdb3
The Times finally noticed. They're right on top of things.
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posted on
03/20/2007 8:15:08 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Hillary - the Empty Pants Suit)
To: rdb3
Last week, he threatened to run again in 2008 for another six-year term.We should see the NY Times endorsement come out shortly...
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posted on
03/20/2007 8:19:49 AM PDT
by
fedupjohn
(If we try to fight the war on terror with eyes shut + ears packed with wax, innocent people will die)
To: Elpasser
Nonsense, Iain Smith was White, and therefore a genocidal monster. Africa is certain to become a peaceful and prosperous area once those white devils are all thrown out of power. Countries like South Africa and Rhodesia are certain to become paradises on earth if we could just bring international pressure to bear on such backwards and repressive regimes.
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posted on
03/20/2007 8:22:32 AM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: rdb3
Time to ressurect all the pro-Mugabe pieces that have appeared in the NT Times over the course of those 26 years.
What hypocrits.
They have been cheerleading him all the way.
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posted on
03/20/2007 8:25:24 AM PDT
by
rod1
(uake)
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