[Own Drummer]

Next, Mugabe is going to blame the bad weather on the White farmers. To those who get squeamish when they see TV clips of starving Africans, you'd better brace yourselves, 'cos this one's going to be a doozy.

AWA (Africa Wins Again)

[technochick99]

The regional World Food Programme director, Judith Lewis, said: "What we are seeing is a developing complex emergency.''

Now that's a stupid statement.

[Technocrat]

Where is the revolt? Why do these people tolerate this? Three unarmed refugees + surprise disarms a solder. One armed refugee + surprise arms three more. Surely there must be more to the story.

[technochick99]

I was at Madame Tassaud's wax museum in London on Monday. I was disugsted to see the figurine of Mugabe there. Since I'm a conservative FReeper very respectful of property rights, I did NOT leap on the figurine and rip its head off. However, it was a serious consideration.

[stevem]

The time is coming sooner than I expected of vast quantities of death in Zimbabwe. Please, please, please don't let the US intervene unless the first act of this intervention is to kill Mugabe and replace him with a human. Otherwise, just let happen what is going to happen.

You can always count on one African nation or another to take steps to stabilize population growth in the world. Is that why Africa exists?

I can hardly wait for the someone to say starvation in Zimbabwe is my fault.

[technochick99]

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[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

churches are openly defying an edict from President Robert Mugabe that only ruling-party officials may distribute food aid

Starvation is a political tool in Africa and has been for a long, long time.

Americans generously give food to help starving Africans only to find the governments in those countries seizing, controlling and withholding the donated food. Living with the twin horrors of deliberate starvation and AIDS, Africa is, for the most part, hopeless.

[CatoRenasci]

Our church sponsored a project (direct aid, low tech designed to give people skills to earn a living) in Zimbabwe 8-10 years ago and my younger daughter (with a friend) still sponsors a child there in one of those Feed the Children type programs.

It really is sad that the people are suffering so, but under such a government as Mugabe's nothing else can be expected. Man is his own worst enemy.

[technochick99]

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