[Mr. Jeeves]

He took aim at the international community for what he called a "shocking" lack of pressure on Zimbabwe. "The political leaders continue to be silent. They are saying there is quiet diplomacy, but you can't have quiet diplomacy for a year with no results," he said.

Don't spend twenty years holding a failing dictatorship up as a paragon of human rights and native African achievements and then expect political correctness-infested Western nations to turn on a dime and start criticizing it. Too many of today's Western governments are filled with liberal characters to whom Robert Mugabe is as sacrosanct as Nelson Mandela - and to whom the mere mention of the word "Rhodesia" damns one as the vilest of racists.

Mugabe has got a free pass until he murders a million blacks. Maybe even beyond that.

[staytrue]

liberal characters to whom Robert Mugabe is as sacrosanct as Nelson Mandela

Overstatement except to be humorous or sarcastic do not help your argument. In fact, they tend to discredit it.

[Ax]

I take a great deal of pride in wearing my "Selous Scouts - Rhodesia" t-shirt.