Posted on 05/29/2012 10:28:33 AM PDT by ColdOne
With a line-up that includes Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, and Ricky Martin, the UN's choice of ambassadors has been known to cause raised eyebrows or the odd smirk.
Seldom, however, has there been such anger, or questioning of the organisation's credibility, as that greeting the appointment of a new international envoy for tourism: Robert Mugabe.
Improbable as it seems, the Zimbabwean president, who is widely accused of ethnic cleansing, rigging elections, terrorising opposition, controlling media and presiding over a collapsed economy, has been endorsed as a champion of efforts to boost global holidaymaking.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Tourism? I thought Mugabe’s expertise was in Economics and Agricultural Development.
A sick joke!!
“You would just have to tell him whose liver!!”
That was the story about his dining habits.
US out of the UN
UN out of the US
Hi I am Robert Mugabe, I have in my hand an AK-47, so VISIT my CORRUPT COUNTRY of Zimbabwe. If you don't, I'll shoot you.
If you visit my country, you'll see what 4 more years of Obama can do to yours. Visit Zimbabwe, I DEMAND you...
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