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UN runs out of food for Zimbabwe
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| November 29, 2002
Posted on 11/30/2002 6:20:22 AM PST by Clive
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"Western donor governments cite reluctance to provide food to a country where they fear it will be abused by the government."
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posted on
11/30/2002 6:20:22 AM PST
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Clive
To: *AfricaWatch; Cincinatus' Wife; sarcasm; Travis McGee; happygrl; Byron_the_Aussie; robnoel; ...
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posted on
11/30/2002 6:20:44 AM PST
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Clive
To: Clive
Don't worry, Kofi will come up up with something, look what he for the overpopulation problem in Rawanda.
To: Clive
I cannot wait for the show trial when some sickenly obese African "leader" stands in front of the judges laying out the case against the "West." We can only hope that new leadership arises soon and takes the place of our gated community residing empire builders so in effect we don't become bush meat for "oppressed."
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posted on
11/30/2002 6:33:01 AM PST
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junta
To: Clive
Mugabe has already said that he need 6 mil less populous to be solvent (read, get rid of my enemies). He won't give the food to those who are starving. Maybe Kofi could make a personal appearance in Zim to underscore the problem? That will happen about the time Clinton admits having known Flowers.
To: junta
We can only hope that new leadership arises soon ...Well, let's just send them Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Jimmy Carter. They know all the buzz words.
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posted on
11/30/2002 6:38:48 AM PST
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xJones
To: xJones
I'm talking about American leadership, Zimbabwe is on its own.
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posted on
11/30/2002 6:42:16 AM PST
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junta
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To: Clive
The mass media cannot report this problem because it would reveal then require that they say something bad about Africans. Better to let them starve quietly.
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posted on
11/30/2002 7:03:08 AM PST
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blam
To: Clive
When do the Sally Struthers commercials begin?
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posted on
11/30/2002 7:10:18 AM PST
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Ragin1
To: blam
This will be the first Holocaust of the new century, probably costing 5 to 6 million lives. We are starting out early and big. The bloody twentieth century did not have its first Holocaust till the second decade.
Are we all going to stand by and do nothing because this is mass murder by socialism?
Socialism is a crime against humanity and, as we can see here, can rise to the level of mass murder. This is not a new invention. Mass murder of targeted populations by starvation has happened before.
To: widowithfoursons
There has never been a lack of resources for the African continent to be entirely self-sufficient in food. The problem is local politics. The indigenous population is not
permitted to grow the necessary crops. And once harvested, the product is either destroyed, or there is no economic incentive to develop a viable marketing system. Sending food aid only enriches the local bandit chieftains, who steal the food supplies from the charitable entities and resell the same for their personal gain. There is no thought given for the plight of the unprotected and dispossessed. Americans, and Westerners in general, are not callous. But the local warlords are, still living with their Stone Age mentality and AK-47 rifles to enforce it.
Talk about the plantation mind-set. In Africa, there are no "house slaves".
To: Clive
I think it is time for all the Rat Presidential contenders to visit this African paradise on a fact-finding mission to see socialism in action.
If the end up in the village cooking kettle they would at least be doing their part to alleviate hunger. ;-)
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11/30/2002 7:15:46 AM PST
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cgbg
To: goldenboy
Thanks for the link. You're right.
"Help us. We can learn how to get better," Makosana said in a tired voice dulled by months of hunger and dashed expectations. "The white farmers are necessary. They've got the expertise."
In their glee to get rid of the whites, they forgot about learning farming. No doubt Kofi will feel their pain.
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posted on
11/30/2002 7:21:38 AM PST
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xJones
To: Mike4Freedom
The Zim government has the GM grain, donated by the US (that you and I eat daily), locked up in warehouses because it is 'bad' for the people.
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posted on
11/30/2002 7:27:10 AM PST
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blam
To: Clive
How ironic, I just looked up from the computer to see that Shaka Zulu is currently on the History Channel.
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posted on
11/30/2002 7:31:48 AM PST
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blam
To: blam
The Zim government has the GM grain, donated by the US (that you and I eat daily), locked up in warehouses because it is 'bad' for the people.Of course, starvation is a much better alternative. It is an excuse to starve out his enemies. This brings to mind all the politicians that resisted arming pilots because of the potential danger knowing that the alternative is shooting the whole plane out of the sky.
Do we conclude from this that a single digit IQ is required to become a politician or that they are truly evil.
Evil, stupid or insane are the only options when hearing these type of actions.
To: blam
The mass media cannot report this problem because it would reveal then require that they say something bad about Africans. Better to let them starve quietly. Actually, I think it's also about avoiding accountability. The media don't want people to remember the howl they made about Ian Smith's Rhodesia, their call for Carter's sanctions, and the resulting destruction of pluralism via Mr. Mugabe's treatment of Joshua Nkomo.
To: Mike4Freedom
"Are we all going to stand by and do nothing because this is mass murder by socialism?"At this point - yes!
We - the US - have shipped tons of grain that has been turned down by Zim and others in Africa in response (for what reason I cannot imagine) to politically correct anti-progress, anti-American, anti-science, ideology.
We handed them a rope and they refused it because it suited their purposes to rebut us and to eliminate their internal opposition. (A twofer)
So, let them go about destroying themselves, let the rest of Africa and the world mull the logic of that action, let them take sides.
Oh, and since that evil GM grain does in fact belong to us, and since no one in Africa wants it - I'd burn it on site and let them figure out that a non-socialist society can produce a surplus and waste in any way it wants. (Meaning we don't have to rely on their assistance if all we want to do is waste food or fortune.)
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posted on
11/30/2002 8:40:04 AM PST
by
norton
To: Semper Paratus
Don't worry, Kofi will come up with something,
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posted on
11/30/2002 11:37:56 AM PST
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archy
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