Invading Other Countries Is Almost Always Wrong. Faced with Genocide in Zimbabwe, It May Be the Only Right Thing to Do
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WHENEVER you read pundits on Zimbabwe, or listen to politicians, you generally hear the same blather. There is almost nothing Britain can do to halt the slide into despair, starvation and genocide. We must look to South Africa and other countries in the region. They should exert more pressure on Robert Mugabe. It's not for us to intervene.
But the South African government has no intention of doing anything. Though the ruling African National Congress has belatedly slapped Mr Mugabe's wrists, Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, continues to indulge the murderous Mugabe regime north of the Limpopo. South Africa is a very powerful country in the region, and could bring Mugabe to heel in a trice, but Mbeki chooses not to do so. Other African countries, some of which are at last beginning to stir in indignation, are too weak to make any difference.See the full content of this document
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Invading Other Countries Is Almost Always Wrong. Faced with Genocide in Zimbabwe, It May Be the Only Right Thing to Do
South Africa's refusal to act is a dreadful indictment. It makes one wonder whether the country can any longer be counted among the civilised nations of the world. This is a grotesque example of racial politics.
Mugabe is a tyrant and a murderer, but because he is black, and a former 'freedom fighter', Mbeki has not spoken a...See the full content of this document
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