And so where to now?

The disappointing result of the useless conference with the weak and corrupt representatives of African governments is still heavy in the air and it leaves the biggest question of all - so where to now?

Clearly Mugabe holds some kind of sway over this regional grouping of cowards who have basically endorsed his position. So should the MDC join Mugabe in his "government" or not?

And this must be the most difficult question to answer - if they do not, Mugabe will crow loudly and say he offered the hand of reconciliation to them. And, therefore, their misfortunes are of their own making. He will use this point to claim some form of "legitimacy". Conveniently forgetting, of course, that he lost the elections and shouldn't be anywhere near parliament anyway! But also, if the MDC withdraw now, Mugabe will not be held to an election in two years, but hold out for another four years!
If they do, Mugabe will ensure that everything his party does wrong is blamed on the MDC, whilst claiming every small positive thing (for lets face it -they can only be small things now) is the doing of his party. Also, if they do join this fiasco, they will be giving legitimacy to Mugabe's process. But perhaps they can use their majority in parliament to frustrate zanu-pf at every turn? And at least they can try to force the election agreed upon in two years. Although, with Mugabe still in control of the guns, that elections will be another rigged fiasco!

So, in reality, Mugabe has, as the Bearded Man has always predicted, entrenched himself and Mugabe will not budge. He will remain, no matter what the rest of the world thinks, for the next however many years doing exactly as he pleases, supported by his band of thieves and murderers whilst so-called "diplomacy" continues to blunder along, delaying everything, letting more people die, letting Mugabe's thieves continue to take what little is left and nothing will change.

And that IS the fact - nothing will change until Mugabe dies. And the only thing we know for sure about Mugabe is his ability to hang on. He is 84 now and one would hope he is on his last legs (I have often read stories written about his ill health, but they have, as always, turned out to be mere wishful thinking) - this guy will be here till he is 90 something - at least a further 10 years. I wonder how much more wealth will be stripped away by his corrupt "officials"? I wonder how many more Zimbabweans will die of hunger, disease and the violence unleashed by his militias?
And what will be done about it?

NOTHING!

It is time for a different approach. I am often asked why no one has assassinated Mugabe yet - well, it would takes certain tools and equipment to achieve a surgical strike to remove him - but those tools are relatively impossible to come by. We also do not possess that fanatical sense where a suicide attack could be considered. The sad thing though, is that with Mugabe removed, hiw policy of "divide and rule" policy will cause ZANU-pf to implode and allow the MDC to take over. So, remove Mugabe, and the problem will go, the JOC will have no one to support and they will fight amongst themselves as to who will take Mugabe's place and will render themselves impotent in the process.

There is a way to do this job, but no one will consider it because violence against Mugabe cannot be condoned. It's ok to condone it against helpless men, women and children though!

I wonder if the world has reached such a state of madness that they can only consider "diplomacy" against someone who couldn't give a continental about what they say and who does not feel any form of "diplomatic pressure"?

I guess at the end of the day, we shall have to wait and see how much Zimbabweans can take before they openly confront soldiers and police in the streets and a bloodbath ensues. Mind you, I always marvel at the amount of fear Mugabe and ZANU-pf have instilled in the people, otherwise they would already be confronting off duty personnel and it would be too dangerous for service personal to be anywhere other than where they are in force! But I foresee even darker days ahead for my suffering country. As I keep telling everyone, "it will get MUCH worse before it gets better" and they say well it cannot get any worse. Every time someone says that, it gets worse.

I think it is time to start lobbying to have the world cup football removed from South Africa and for other forms of sanction on the entire regional grouping.. but these are all slow long term measures which are unlikely to change anything for the people who are suffering and dying every day.

And I think that any suggestion of a "deal" for Mugabe and his followers should now be put permanently away. When things finally do change, these murderers MUST be pursued to the ends of the earth in the same way the Nazi's were. And they should be brought to justice and their ill gotten wealth MUST be recovered for the state coffers from whence it came. The people of Zimbabwe need to be empowered again and that can only happen when Mugabe and ZANU-pf finally get removed. And the net must be cast wide to include any persons who have acted corruptly as this all helps the bad guys stay in control. Anyone who supports or props up the regime which has killed so many of it's own people must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Later.