Zimbabwe -- As food runs out, malevolence grows

ZWNEWS ^ | July 3, 2002 | Michael Hartnack

[Clive]

Re-formatted by me to break down giant paragraphs.

[Clive]

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[Khepera]

Do these farmers have Guns? Why don't they use them?

[Cachelot]

Time to get the farmers out of there. The seal the borders and quarantine the pest-hole. Open again in 25 years as the world largest wildlife reservation, mainly featuring vultures.

[Darth Sidious]

Let 'em starve. They deserve it. No one's fault but theirs that they chose to stop food production in the first place.

And no "humanitarian aid" on my nickel, either. At this point the most humane thing to do is let the generation that caused this mess to fall dead to the ground, so that their children might learn from their folly.

[Swanks]

All this famine and pestilence, yes; but we achieve the Marxist utopia for which Mugabe has stuggled. The human cost is simply the price to pay on the road to communism.

[Frohickey]

Who is the president responsible for putting Robert MugABaby in Zimbabwe?

Maybe if this comes out, he can get back to his carpentry.

[henderson field]

The media has not been identifyig Mugabe and his mob as communists. Why not? From those according to their ability, to those according to their need. Another communist failure.

[Maelstrom]

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[Stavka2]

You know what? Let them starve, let them die. If the people are so stupid and timid that they don't want revolution but prefer starvation, let them....but always offer weapons and training to any rebel groups. Cut this shiete hole off from the world so that Mugabe's rule is not prolonged.

[Chi-townChief]

Remember this oldie but goodie from Stevie Wonder about 20 years ago?

"They want us to join their fighting
But our answer today
Is to let all our worries
Like the breeze through our fingers slip away
Peace has come to Zimbabwe
Third World's right on the one
Now's the time for celebration
'Cause we've only just begun"

A little ironic, isn't it?

[First_Salute]

These results are the direct outcome of the Democrat Party in the U.S.A.

[buffyt]

The human cost is simply the price to pay on the road to communism.
YOU SAID IT ALL!!!! SO TRUE!!!!

[Clive]

The farmers are outnumbered. There are about 4500 white commercial farmerd in Zimbabwe. There are no more than 70,000 whites in Zimbabwe (realistically, the whites more likely number about 50,000) and they are an aging population so that the number of effectives is correspondingly smaller than the general population. The population of Zim is about 12 million.

The farmers are white. A revolt by whites would arouse the whole of southern Africa against them regardless of merit.

Zim is landlocked. The nearest port is 200 kilometers away across Mozambique. Hence, logistics and support from foreign mercs are not feasible.

Like all farmers, they do have guns. So do the thugs. The police look the other way when the thugs use their guns but respond with alacrity when farmers use their guns. There are farmers who have used their guns to fire warning shots when threatened by thugs with death or bodily harm. These farmers now stand charged with attempted murder.

Mugabe is actually hoping for a revolt led by whites.

For a revold to be successful, it has to be instigated, prosecuted and led by Shona people. Whites will have to stand aside.

[tonyinv]

Let them starve.

This is not going to stop a the borders though. This idiot will start a war with somebody.

[Swanks]

Notice how the press has yet to blame whites / westerners / capitalists on this rathole name Zimbabwe. Have no fear though. This 'silent' time simply = getting the talking points coordinated and distributed

[Seruzawa]

It would not be the least bit immoral for the US to carefully discover Mugabe's whereabouts and send in a nice fuel-air "care package" via cruise missile to his address.

[headsonpikes]

No fuel-air...

Mugabe needs to be put to the sword, with a few thousand of his pals.

The tree of liberty etc....;^)

[TomSmedley]

Many of the "354,000" are urban people with mere pieces of paper, promising them plots at some future date. Up to 500,000 farm workers and their families have already been displaced, and another two million face eviction.

Why am I reminded of Pol Pot's "year zero" program of agrarian reform?

[Alouette]

Where is the International Criminal Court?