Blair must take a stand on Mugabe

The Guardian ^ | August 23, 2002 | Michael Ancram

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***Blair has another opportunity at the earth summit. On September 2 he will share the platform with Mugabe. Blair must condemn him in the clearest terms and refuse to appear on the platform with him. Mugabe is an illegitimate leader and the prime minister should treat him as such. ***

[Cincinatus' Wife]

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[backhoe]

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[Cincinatus' Wife]

The earth summit, which begins in Johannesburg on Monday, is essentially about the need to forestall our planet's destruction by human avarice and neglect. Next door there is a country which is being destroyed by human avarice and neglect. That country is Zimbabwe and the perpetrators are Robert Mugabe and his henchmen. In the middle of this summit exploring sustainable development will be Mugabe, who is simultaneously destroying the environment, taking productive land out of production and condemning millions of black Zimbabweans to poverty and famine. As host, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa is desperate for a successful gathering. Mugabe could devalue the whole thing.

Zim/SA on collision course over farmers' arrest***Reports from South Africa say the South African Foreign Affairs department has approached the Zimbabwe Foreign ministry and made representations over six farms owned by South Africans in the country. South African Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Ronnie Mamoepa, said from South Africa this week they were doing everything possible to protect the interests of their citizens in Zimbabwe through their High Commission in Harare. "The High Commission is assisting the South African citizens in terms of consular services provided to all South Africans abroad," Mamoepa said. "The High Commission has also approached the Zimbabwean Foreign ministry regarding the listing for resettlement of six farms owned by South Africans."

Efforts to contact the South African High Commissioner in Harare proved fruitless by the time of going to press. Opposition political parties in South Africa on Tuesday moved several motions in the National Assembly urging Mbeki to act on Zimbabwe. The DA spokesman onrural safety, Andries Bo-tha, urged the government to take a strong stand onthe unfolding Zimbabwe-an crisis. "The DA regards it as extremely important that the SA government ensures the safety of its citizens in the midst of the lawlessness in Zimbabwe," said Botha.

"South Africa should make it abundantly clear that it will not hesitate to use all diplomatic means at its disposal to protect its citizens and President Thabo Mbeki must break his chronic silence on the issue." The South African Foreign Affairs department says it is still looking into the matter and might issue a statement later. Adriaan van Jaarsveld of the New National Party said the takeover of the farms violated an agreement between Zimbabwe and South Africa which guaranteed protection of South African-owned property in Zimbabwe.***

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Good morning backhoe. Thank you for the LINKS!

[xJones]

Why was the government so keen to act in Kosovo and yet is so inactive on Zimbabwe?

Hmmmm....well, let's tiptoe around this one. We all know why nobody's intervening but the media, for one, is not going to say it. Mugabe is a Marxist and a black African one. Millions of innocent black Zimbabeans can starve, but touch a Marxist black African? Long cherished left-wing beliefs come apart with the problem of Mugabe. He's supposed to be the hero, the savior, and what went wrong? /sarcasm

[backhoe]

You bet... I am noticing a definite uptick of the number of replies to Africa-related articles on this board. Perhaps with more people paying attention, some of the more extreme possibilities over there will die aborning. We can hope...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Long cherished left-wing beliefs come apart with the problem of Mugabe.

Bump!

Another one comes to mind. The embargo of South Africa was A-OK and cause celebre but the embargo on Cuba is wrong, wrong, wrong, a Big NO NO!!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

We can hope...

Bump!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Can I take a stand on Mugabe? It would only be on his chest for about 15 minutes in 3 feet of water

[xJones]

BTW, your hard work is certainly appreciated, even though you might not know it!

[johnboy]

read the whole article again, and notice: the fact that genocide against whites is not mentioned.

hmmm.

[wretchard]

We should take every opportunity to tie Robert Mugabe to the Earth Summit. The Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club should be featured in close proximity to this man. There will many photo opportunities during the opening ceremony, when all are gathered beneath a banner which may seem to be lettered "Save the Earth", but which really spells out "Work Will Make You Free".

The kind of work that builds a farm; a new tractor, a new barn; a new herd, in the slow toil of years. The kind of work a black farmer might put in from dawn till dusk, which until now was rewarded with a home, a plentiful meal and the love of a family.

The kind of "free" that means taking what isn't paid for; that means making free with other people's possessions; and most of all, winning freedom from shame. Under this streaming standard, Tony Blair and the most enlightened European minds on this planet can renew their allegiance to Gaia, and the least repulsive man among them will be Robert Mugabe.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

read the whole article again, and notice: the fact that genocide against whites is not mentioned.

Well, this is The Guardian. But this is really about communism, not racism. The racism is just too handy for commies, like Mugabe, not to use to their advantage.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

We should take every opportunity to tie Robert Mugabe to the Earth Summit. The Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club should be featured in close proximity to this man.

BUMP!!!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You must be one of those "right-wing extremists!" :^)

[backhoe]

I really do appreciate your comment... naturally, I wonder from time to time if any of this "e-activism" does have any influence at all... and yet, I hear more & more people talking about Africa- and other topics raised on the web- and I think that perhaps there is a good reason to persist.

People need to hear about this stuff so they can start thinking about it, and mulling over the ramifications. All we can do is keep calling it to their attention, and hope some of it sinks in.

[BlessedAmerican]

It will eventually be us who will be sending food aid to these folks when their stores of food are depleted and we are inundated with the sight of dying children on tv. President Bush has called for a regime change here as well. Wonder why the silence from our "They owe us" black leadership?

[backhoe]

Wonder why the silence from our "They owe us" black leadership?

Just off the top of my head? Because they were cheerleaders for the "depose the Evil White Minority Governments" in southern Africa. Recall all the rallies for "disinvestment in Apartheid" that went on in the late 1970's and early '80's? The chorus of student protests again the old South Africa? The many talking heads from the press and entertainment arms of the Media Hive who viewed South Africa as uniquely evil- far worse than Cuba or the old USSR?

Their silence is deafening, but have no fear, once they have pitiful pictures of starving children to show us on TV at our dinnertime...

...they'll be back--

[meenie]

Mugabe should be the hero of the sustainable development crowd at the Earth summit. He has the destruction of property rights working in his favor and endorsed by the enviro-wackos. He tilts toward the reparations crowd in stealing the land of the whites in Rhodesia. His policies please the population control crowd by starving the less fortunate to death. Mugabe is a triple winner in the contest to save Mother Earth from the ravages of the human race. Please don't allow it to happen here!