tlmorg02
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2007
- Messages
- 3,347
- Reaction score
- 1,078
- Location
- Louisville, Ky
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Slightly Liberal
Zimbabwe has abandoned a conference on a new constitution after fights broke out between rival delegations.
Supporters of President Robert Mugabe disrupted the meeting by dancing and singing revolutionary songs.
Some delegates walked out in protest, others threw water bottles. Riot police had to clear out the Harare venue.
Thousands of politicians and activists had joined the talks, which were intended as the start of a year of consultations on the issue.
A referendum is scheduled for a year's time and once a charter is in place, Zimbabwe is expected to have another attempt at holding a free and fair election.
Former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as prime minister in a power-sharing government in February to end months of political deadlock following last year's disputed elections.
They elected a socialist thug to be their leader, they got what they asked for.
Their problem, not ours.
They elected a socialist thug to be their leader, they got what they asked for.
Their problem, not ours.
Mugabe hasn't been elected to anything in years. You don't really believe his moronic claims that he won the last election, do you?
Mugabe has been indicted by the Hague, and if he can ever be captured will be tried. So I would hardly call him an elected official.
Often leaders start out with honest intentions unfortunately they often end up as despised dictators.
Paul
They elected him once.
Their problem, not ours.
Scarecrow Akhbar said:The US ain't the po-leece force of the world, remember?
Then the Hague needs to send some Hague cops down to arrest Mugabe.
Not an American problem, period.
So you believe that anyone who gets elected to anything at any point in their lives has the right to stay in that office as long as they want and murder political opponents?
They elected him once.
Their problem, not ours.
The US ain't the po-leece force of the world, remember?
Do make as least some minimal effort to understand the phrase "their problem, not mine".
Scarecrow Akhbar said:I don't care if he lives for two hundred years and never leaves office. He's an excellent example of why no one should ever support anything that even remotely looks like socialism, and the Zimbabwe-ans (whatever) deserve whatever they get for electing him. Gee, they went from exporter of food to "can't give away 100,000,000,000 dollar bank notes" in less than five years, thanks to the wonderfulness of socialism.
Scarecrow Akhbar said:If they like him so much, they can keep him. They wanted him.
Scarecrow Akhbar said:I do suppose, though, if he's ejected, the Obama team will snap him up as an economic advisor.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?