[george76]

Under communism, the elites always have excellent shopping opportunites, housing...

The problem is with the other 95 percent.

Zimbabwe is an excellent example of the Jimmy Carter theories. It may sound great to him and the New York Times, but it will never work.

It is sad that this lesson has to be re-learned so often.

America may have another learning experience soon if Hillarty care returns.

[M. Espinola]

The problem in Zimbabwe (once one of the richest southern African nations) is the communist tyrant running the county into the economic graveyard.

Where is the leadership in the surrounding nations allowing this beast to destroy everything? Mugabe should have overthrown ages ago, with assistance from bordering counties.

A Zimbabwean man walks past empty bread shelves in Harare, 2006. Zimbabwe's supermarkets have run out of bread after bakers were forced to suspend their operations due to a critical shortage of wheat.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)

Mugabe's brand of brutal communistic rule in action: Zimbabweans cross into Zambia from neighbouring Zimbabwe in Livingstone, Zambia, in this Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 file photo. As Zimbabwe's economic woes have intensified in recent months, sparking the country's worst crisis since gaining independence from Britain in 1980, increasing numbers of Zimbabweans are crossing the border into Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia in search of business and basic commodities. (AP Photo, File)