Comments on: A letter from Zimbabwe http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/12/letter-from-zimbabwe.htm Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Anonymous http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/12/letter-from-zimbabwe.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1483 Anonymous Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:55:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1992#comment-1483 Not intending to detract from the message, but this letter seems to be at least 3.5 years old. (see http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/showthread.php?p=250446#post250446 )<br/><br/>Things are probably a lot lot worse now Not intending to detract from the message, but this letter seems to be at least 3.5 years old. (see http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/showthread.php?p=250446#post250446 )

Things are probably a lot lot worse now

]]> By: Ben from Edmonton http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/12/letter-from-zimbabwe.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1482 Ben from Edmonton Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:38:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1992#comment-1482 The situation in Zimbabwe is indeed awful. Like Somalia, it is now a country in theory only. In practice it is just millions of starving, desperate people with a tiny band of armed thugs trying to maintain their own power at all cost. As for their leader? My fear is that Robert Mugabe has decided that, not only will he be the first leader of Zimbabwe but that he will be its <i>only</i> leader - that his country will die with him.<br/><br/>Ultimately, this situation will not be resolved until the politicians of southern Africa stop viewing Robert Mugabe as some kind of hero of their revolution who is beyond criticism. The only ones who can save Zimbabwe's people now are their fellow Africans. However, I wonder if they care. It seems that they view millions of deaths as a reasonable price to demonstrate their independence from their former colonial masters.<br/><br/>The surprisingly positive thing about this cholera epidemic is that it might actually stimulate the other countries in the region to action. As much as they seem indifferent to the suffering of the Zimbabwean people, they will not want millions of disease-stricken people pouring across the boarders from the latest African failed state. The situation in Zimbabwe is indeed awful. Like Somalia, it is now a country in theory only. In practice it is just millions of starving, desperate people with a tiny band of armed thugs trying to maintain their own power at all cost. As for their leader? My fear is that Robert Mugabe has decided that, not only will he be the first leader of Zimbabwe but that he will be its only leader – that his country will die with him.

Ultimately, this situation will not be resolved until the politicians of southern Africa stop viewing Robert Mugabe as some kind of hero of their revolution who is beyond criticism. The only ones who can save Zimbabwe’s people now are their fellow Africans. However, I wonder if they care. It seems that they view millions of deaths as a reasonable price to demonstrate their independence from their former colonial masters.

The surprisingly positive thing about this cholera epidemic is that it might actually stimulate the other countries in the region to action. As much as they seem indifferent to the suffering of the Zimbabwean people, they will not want millions of disease-stricken people pouring across the boarders from the latest African failed state.

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