A glimpse of Zimbabwe's desperation

BBC Africa Service ^ | March 30, 2002 | Hamilton Wende

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[Captiva]

Good thing they got rid of Ian Smith. They're MUCH better off now.

[Logophile]

Olbert narrows his eyes and shakes his head. "That Mugabe", he says softly, echoing an old African saying. "He eats alone".

And he eats while others starve.

[elwoodp]

Yeah, good thing Halle's brilliant, talented, above reproach, and faultless "people of color" got rid of all those awful whitle oppressors. Hey, Halle, now that you have your blacks-mailed oscar and millions of bucks in the bank, why don't you haul your racist butt over there and help all of your oh-so-deserving people of color? You go, girl!!!

[RWCon]

Stupidity reigns.

[Hank Rearden]

He'll just skip to France with a stolen billion or two, like all African dictators eventually do.

[Decentralize]

I am very ignorant of the history of this region. Can anyone recommend a good book about the history of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. I am particularly interested in this Ian Smith fella.

[jslade]

On the South African side of the river runs a long electrified fence. It stretches for hundreds of miles both east and west along the border.

Why can't we have two of these babies along our borders? hmmmmm

[Byron_the_Aussie]

.....Olbert, good news. We have a job for you, an important job, back in Zimbabwe. But first, you're going to need several months training.....

[Brian Allen]

.....Olbert, good news. We have a job for you, an important job, back in Zimbabwe. But first, you're going to need several months training.....

Bit naughty, By.

But I like it!

[Brian Allen]

It was erected [To keep out the millions of black Africans who for more than a hundred years streamed south towards South Africa's oppression] by [South Africa's last democratically-elected Government.]

But Thabo Mbeki's ANC gang of [A few hundred thieving, lying, murdering, looting gangsters, unwilling to share the spoils] still maintains this grim frontier.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

You mean...you thought....why, Brian! How could you think I would suggest such a thing!

All I meant was, let's train some of these Zimbabwe refugees in the use of the Remington 40XB, at say, 700 metres. Maybe they could return to Harare and...open a rifle range, or something.

[Brian Allen]

I knew tha-aaaaat! -- HehHehHeh

G'Day, Mate!

[Lurker]

They need guns. Lots of guns.

L

[Captiva]

Here you go:

http://www.rhodesia.myweb.nl/betrayal.htm

[Travis McGee]

If the CIA was worth a damn they wouldn't just be throwing stones.