Dictator has no clothes

Adam was pleased to read the Dominion Post editorial this morning on the basket case that is Zimbabwe.

Adam was pleased with the tenor of the concluding paragraphs:-

While Zimbabwe’s African neighbours have defended it on the international stage and accused critics of western imperialism, Mr Mugabe has destroyed a bountiful nation that was once Africa’s breadbasket. The losers are not western imperialists or Zimbabwe’s former colonial masters, but ordinary black Zimbabweans who no longer have homes in which to live, food to feed their families, access to medical supplies, or hope for the future.

Mr Mbeki and the other leaders of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community should recognise that the dictator has no clothes.

An election has been held. Zimbabwe’s people have expressed their will, at great risk to themselves, and that will should be allowed to find expression in the form of a government headed by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

Whatever good Mr Mugabe ever did was long ago overtaken by the evil he has perpetrated to retain his grip on power.

Mr Mbeki and Mr Mugabe’s other supporters in southern Africa should insist the tyrant respect the will of the people. Mr Mugabe is not the only leader with blood on his hands for what has happened in Zimbabwe. His neighbours do not need any more.