Annan and Carter call for intervention in Zimbabwe

Reuters ^ | Nov 24, 2008 | Paul Simao

[Panzerlied]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Southern African nations must intervene more decisively to end Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and other prominent world figures said on Monday.

Describing Zimbabwe as close to a humanitarian disaster, Annan urged the Southern African Development Community's leaders to pressure President Robert Mugabe and the opposition MDC to break a deadlock blocking the formation of a unity government.

"SADC must bring its full weight to bear," Annan, flanked by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and human rights campaigner Graca Machel, the wife of Nelson Mandela, told a news conference.

"I think it is clear that SADC should have done more."

Annan, Carter and Machel, part of a group called the Elders, were barred from entering Zimbabwe last weekend on a humanitarian visit. Mugabe's government denied them visas, saying the visit was unnecessary.

A deepening economic crisis, marked by chronic food shortages and soaring hyperinflation, has prompted millions of Zimbabweans to flee the country. A cholera epidemic has killed around 300 people and sent hundreds more into South Africa.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Graca Machel, the wife of Nelson Mandela, “”

Have I been asleep? What happened to Winnie?

[ctdonath2]

Here’s 50 cents. That’s all you’ll need to solve the problem there, lacking only the courage to use it right.

[silverleaf]

Give Obummer time
Africa now falls under a new US Military command, I believe
Within 4 years we’ll have US “advisors” bogged down in Darfur, Congo and Zimbabwe, maybe elsewhere. They’ll be facing off against North Koreans Chinese and Iranians.
It’s gonna be a grand mess. None of it necessary for US national interests, but our policized intelligence community will write NIE’s that make it sound otherwise..

[silverleaf]

I think the old man dumped Winnie when she got convicted of murder

Or maybe he finally read “MacBeth”

[sheik yerbouty]

“Famous An*s and The Demented Peanut Farmer”...”Dumb and Dumberer”..

[buccaneer81]

Didn’t Jimmy Carter have something to do with that? (Kinda like what he did with Iran).

Absolutely correct, sir. Carter is as responsible as the Brits who turned Rhodesia over to animals.

[Red Badger]

Atlas Shrugged in real life..................

[randomhero97]

US troops better not set foot on African soil for a major military operation. Although, I'm sure we have special operators there.

The best thing the UN could do is hire contractors to clean it up. Executive Outcomes did a hell of a job in Sierre Leone.

[randomhero97]

You Korean brah?

[ThinkingBuddha]

Absolutely correct, sir. Carter is as responsible as the Brits who turned Rhodesia over to animals.

Just as Barry is about to turn over Israel over to the animals. We are about to see history repeat itself.

[ThinkingBuddha]

You Korean brah?

Nope!

[Da Coyote]

Do whatever you want libs - except spend my money on what looks to be the future of America under the Obamaloons.

Zim(whatever) got their crooked selves into this with the help of socialism. Screw ‘em and let them dig out under their own power.

That’s what we’re gonna have to do after the upcoming civil war.

[randomhero97]

Oh shit, sorry.

I know how folks of Asian descent get offended if you guess their nationality incorrectly.

All of my Asian bros are freaking hilarious and don't fit the typical Asian stereotype of being a bookworm. These dudes party hard.

[buccaneer81]

Thankfully, Israel won’t go down without a fight.

[DoughtyOne]

Why? So the left can turn on the effort in under a week? If Obama sends people in, they’ll be there when he leaves office, and the following Republican will be trashed for ever putting them there.

No thanks.

[norton]

There is not one single grain of sand on the continent of africa that is worth a second glance.
There is not a single "humanitarian crisis" in that land that can be cured from without.
There is not a single human being living there who would stop to thank the US if we tried to bail them out,
and the entire continent is not worth one more drop of American blood.

I only pray that the Great O's "dreams of having a father" do not lead him to ignore those realities.

[Theodore R.]

I agree: let GA Jimmy recruit his own liberal army and lead the troops himself to make sure things are done right!

[JudgemAll]

From bailing out the corrupt to the thug dictatorships... whooptidoo. Why... they’d bring Saddam, Hitler and Stalin from the dead type fund is all it is.

[D-fendr]