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President Obama leads US drive to topple Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
London Times Online ^ | 01/28/2009 | Tim Reid / Jonathon Clayton

Posted on 01/28/2009 7:13:14 AM PST by pctech

President Obama wants a fresh approach to toppling Robert Mugabe and is discussing with aides an unprecedented, US-led diplomatic push to get tough new UN sanctions imposed against the Zimbabwe regime, The Times has learned.

During talks Mr Obama has had with his top Africa advisers in recent weeks, the central idea they focused on was taking the issue of Zimbabwe before the UN Security Council, but for the first time to combine such a move with an intense diplomatic effort to persuade Russia and China not to block the initiative.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: africa; bho44; bhoafrica; zimbabwe
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Question for the masses out there: Isn't this the same Robert Mugabe that O campaigned for while he was a senator?
1 posted on 01/28/2009 7:13:14 AM PST by pctech
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To: pctech

If so, he must now think differently...perhaps due to a different outlook or new data.


2 posted on 01/28/2009 7:15:16 AM PST by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: pctech

If Obama succeeds in removing Mugabe five minutes sooner than he otherwise would have remained in office, I’ll give him a tip of my cap. The man is an absolute blight on the African continent, he must be removed.


3 posted on 01/28/2009 7:15:20 AM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: pctech

Obama campaigned for his cousin, Odinga...but I don’t recall him campaigning for Mugabe.


4 posted on 01/28/2009 7:15:59 AM PST by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: pctech

Maybe we can boycott the Zimbabwe Olympics.


5 posted on 01/28/2009 7:16:59 AM PST by Nonstatist
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To: pctech

When have tough UN sactions ever worked?


6 posted on 01/28/2009 7:17:10 AM PST by dblshot
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To: pctech

Obama wants to topple Mugabe?

Hmm, I guess he doesn’t like competition... ;^)


7 posted on 01/28/2009 7:17:43 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: pctech

Wasn’t Mugabe legally elected according to Jimmy Carter?


8 posted on 01/28/2009 7:17:46 AM PST by Holicheese (Get up Tom Brady, get up! PLEASE!!)
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To: pctech

What about Bin Laden? He hasn’t even captured Bin Laden yet?


9 posted on 01/28/2009 7:18:02 AM PST by dforest (life is now good again....he has been inaugurated)
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China and Russia, who have significant financial interests in Zimbabwe, vetoed moves to impose UN sanctions. Mr Obama and his aides believe that, with the growing international outcry over conditions there and the devastating loss of life from the cholera outbreak, Beijing and Moscow can now be persuaded at the very least to abstain when the issue of sanctions comes to another vote.

I wonder just what he thinks he can give away to make them cooperate.

This crap isn't as easy as it looks, is it WonderBoy?

10 posted on 01/28/2009 7:18:33 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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Let’s play pick a dictator! Georgie, you go first...Whack! Nice work, Dubya. That one actually needed killing very badly. Now you, Barry-—ooh, that Iranian one is too hard for you, and you might have better traction against an African. Yes, you can hit Mugabe, yes you can! And just think of all the employment you will whip up in America!


11 posted on 01/28/2009 7:18:58 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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Same Mugabe, and same Russia and China.

The snake and the dragon will make quick work of Zero. There's nothing in it for them to make Zero look good.

12 posted on 01/28/2009 7:19:05 AM PST by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate, makes a Marxist President.)
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To: pctech

Sanctions? What can sanctions do to Zimbabweans, that Robert Mugabe hasn’t already done, and long ago?

Will Dear Leader also issue a stern warning?


13 posted on 01/28/2009 7:20:15 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: hinckley buzzard

Obama could give away the UN. I would support that.


14 posted on 01/28/2009 7:20:17 AM PST by rod1
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To: domenad

Mugabe would have been gone long ago if the props had been kicked out from under him.


15 posted on 01/28/2009 7:20:48 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: pctech

Maybe Cousin Raila Odinga could help.


16 posted on 01/28/2009 7:22:18 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Left is decadence. Hubris and denial lead to tragedy.)
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To: Zeppelin

why doesn’t he ask Odinga to cap Mugabe
Zimbabwe doesnt have enough muslim influence yet, anyway
Coud be win-win

s-a-r-c

This “issue” has the articulate but incompetent Susan Rice’s fingerprints all over it

look for US combat troops to become meals-on-wheels to a Black African country in the next couple of years, so Bambi has his very own war legacy


17 posted on 01/28/2009 7:22:48 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: domenad
If Obama succeeds in removing Mugabe five minutes sooner than he otherwise would have remained in office, I’ll give him a tip of my cap. The man is an absolute blight on the African continent, he must be removed.

Do nothing for 20 years and then claim victory in ridding the beast about five minutes before he dies a natural death deserves praise?

18 posted on 01/28/2009 7:23:00 AM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: pctech

If he can pull this one off, I’ll give him props. Mugabe is already ripe for the toppling so one extra push and he’ll probably go. So Obama is smart as

- this is relatively low-hanging fruit.
- really needs doing as Mugabe does need to go.


19 posted on 01/28/2009 7:23:03 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: pctech

UN Sanctions....hmmm....

follow the money trail, this time through Zimbabwe


20 posted on 01/28/2009 7:26:04 AM PST by just-brad
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