Mugabe Buys 10 Fighter Jets From Russia

Zim Daily ^ | April 27 2006

[Verginius Rufus]

6 trillion dollars would be more than the Pentagon's budget, or even more than the Yankees' payroll. They must be talking about Zimbabwean currency. As of last September the exchange rate was 24,505 Zimbabwean dollars to $1 U.S., but I suspect there has been considerable inflation since then. At last September's exchange rate it would work out to about $20 million per plane.

[pickrell]

"...Dang, who-da thunk a tin pot gangster like Mugabe could find 6 trillion dollars for his defense department in a looted country like Zimbabwe..."

Heh, Nuc. You have to realize that these are probably Zimbabwean dollars. Apparently 42,450,000.00 Zimbabwean dollars can purchase a medium-sized kidney bean. You'd hate to see the bill for a whole bowl of chili, apparently.

[Paige]

Oh me oh my you really made me laugh with that one. Thanks!

[Nuc1]

Thanks for keeping me straight guys. It never occurred to me. Well, I was pretty beat last night. Pickrell, I don't even want to think about what a bowl of Zimbabwean tastes like, or what it is made of.;)

[Zack Nguyen]

No problem!