Soldier gets no respect - Mugabe disdains Zimbabwean killed in Iraq

Washington Times ^ | April 26, 2003 | Geoff Hill

[Cincinatus' Wife]

JOHANNESBURG - A Zimbabwean soldier who died while serving with British forces in Iraq has been vilified by the government of President Robert Mugabe, and his family has been harassed by the country's notorious secret police.

Pvt. Christopher Muzvuru, 21, was killed April 6 when his unit overran the town of Basra. But in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, the state media have called him a mercenary and a sellout.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Mugabe's day of reckoning dawning*** Mr. Mugabe's own day of reckoning, however, may be near. The opposition MDC kept two critical seats in Zimbabwe's parliament in by-elections last weekend, further solidifying its control of the capital, where it holds all 17 seats. The election results came a day before the expiration of an opposition ultimatum calling on the government to address its human rights abuses and restore such democratic institutions as freedom of the press. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called the developments a "final push for freedom."***

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Friends and allies of Robert Mugabe.

Fidel Castro - Cuba

Hugo Chavez - Venezuela

[Pan_Yans Wife]

May God bless the family of Pvt. Christopher Muzvuru. They should be proud of him. His sacrifice for the freedom of others should not go unnoticed. May his own countrymen soon see the toppling of Mugabe's regime.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump!

[BenR2]

Mugabe: A little preview of what the Antichrist will be like.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It is difficult to think there is so much evil in the world. I'm thankful President Bush understands it is there.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I think it is fear that keeps people from seeing the reality of evil. For, if evil exists, we feel that we are actually in danger, instead of blithely going about our lives, ignoring all of the signs, and filling our minds and souls with meaningless noise. Realizing that evil exists is an active process... you cannot just discover it one day, and then go back to your former ignorance. In fact, it may feel like you are in more danger, after coming to this realization, when in fact you are not.

President Bush said, "Knowledge is power." To me, this is so significant, because after September 11th, we were all more cognizant of the danger in the world. It wasn't that the world was actually more evil on September 11th, than on September 10th... it's just that we were no longer allowed to pretend that evil doesn't exist.

(Speaking to the enlightened among us, of course... there will always be people who refuse to see the truth.)

Best wishes.

[MEG33]

When I was young I said I hated no one except Hitler and Idi Amin..the monster of the day.I think about the fact he's exiled in comfort and have no illusions about this monster's fate.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for your post. There is a lot of truth in it.

However, the Left is very focused and quick to point out "evils" they say are rampant in the U.S. - societal evils that can only be cured by more government control. You might say, they'd like to pattern us after Castro's Cuban model.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Good point about societal evil vs. "biblical" evil... I use that term because we should all know that evil has walked the earth, since the beginning of time, and it tries to gain a foothold at every turn. The leftists chose to ignore the bigger picture, and focus on societal evil, as you mention. To me, I see this as a cop-out... it is much easier to worry about the "little things", than to examine the bigger picture. Reminds me of Clinton's administration and his ignoring the growing global dangers.

I suppose my inability to see the world in shades of gray, leaves little sympathy for the social ills on the planet. Unless you stop the murderous thugs, what good are their communist goals... to keep a despot in power, who wishes to reform their nation, at the cost of justice, rule of law, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of speech?

I feel like I have just opened a can of worms, for myself... need to do more reading on the likes of Castro and Chavez. It will keep me busy, and help me cement my thoughts on the matter. :)

Best wishes.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Others, for what ever reason (perhaps Bush's own words about evil) have begun to wake up from their stupor.

Castro's preparing "the way for his own exit from the world stage in a hail of flames" - Criticism From Leftists Surprises Cuba -*** But some of the strongest criticism came from Cuba's supporters, who have stuck by the government's 44-year rule despite complaints about its human rights record. "Must they learn the bad habits of the enemy they are fighting?" wrote Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, who once praised Castro as a "symbol of national dignity." "The death penalty is never justified, no matter where it is applied." Fuentes, a Mexican novelist and longtime Cuba supporter, was even more disillusioned. He lumped Bush and Castro together and declared himself against both. Castro, he said, needs "his American enemy to justify his own failings."

"As a Mexican, I wish for my country neither the dictates of Washington on foreign policy, nor the Cuban example of a suffocating dictatorship," he wrote in a letter published in Mexico City's Reforma newspaper. He wasn't alone. Saramago, a Portuguese writer who won the 1998 Nobel Prize for literature and considered himself a close friend of Castro, said Cuba "has lost my confidence, damaged my hopes, cheated my dreams."

Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who lives part-time in Cuba, has been silent on the issue. But his magazine, Cambio, published an article saying "few other repressive waves have left a government so isolated and rejected." The government responded by publishing rebukes in the Communist Party daily Granma. In one letter published Saturday, a group of well-known Cuban intellectuals urged their colleagues to stop criticizing the island. ***

[Citizen of the United States]

As a child, I was often reminded to pray for those most in need of God's mercy. It is for that reason that I pray for Robert Mugabe, for they are few and far between that need God's love more than he.

[illumini]

Its time to put a bullet in Mugabe.