The Pathetic Response!

I have just watched, with complete amazement, Gordon Brown on the news... finally calling for regime change in Zimbabwe. But, of course, he is calling for Mugabe's friends to do it! And will England do??? Supply more money to aid agencies which cannot operate effectively and something like 31pence in every pound donated, is NOT used for direct assistance to those in need. And, to top all that, the money goes through where? The honourable reserve bank of Zanu-pf!

How pathetic!

Only Botswana thus far, has been forthright and straightforward. They have openly said Mugabe MUST go - they DO NOT recognise him as he did NOT win the election. Simple. And it is time for more than talk - the international community should be telling those neighbours of Zimbabwe that are still sitting on their hands and muttering about "quiet" (meaning silent) diplomacy that their intransigence will cost them aid, support and trade from the rest of the world if they do not end relations with Mugabe's illegal government now. If they did what Botswana suggests, and close the borders to any and all traffic entering Zimbabwe, particularly fuel - Mugabe would be done within a few days.

At least the storm is finally starting to grow, although painfully slowly. Will it produce a result? Unless definitive action is taken against Mugabe - NO. Mugabe couldn't care less. Nor could those at the top of his pile of thieves and murders.

When will Gordon Brown and the rest of the international community grasp the fundamentals here - Talk and targeted sanctions DO NOTHING. Mugabe uses the sanctions story as propaganda to justify his behaviour!

And really, as long as the idiots at the United Nations even bother to entertain Mugabe as a national leader - he will continue to believe he is!

Mugabe is not the president of Zimbabwe. Stop calling him that. There are no government ministers because there is no government.

The police force is merely the ZANU-pf militia and the army are the "enforcers" made up of common criminals. So who and what are we engaging? At best, a powerful warlord who has no shred of legitimacy.

I think that it is high time that Tsvangirai should move to Botswana and set up a government in exile. The international community should then engage all official business with him. Especially the United Nations who should invite him and not Mugabe to their conferences and functions.

The borders should be closed to Zimbabwe and humanitarian relief set up outside the borders to accept and assist Zimbabweans escaping Mugabe's hell - and I guarantee you that regime change will take place in a VERY short space of time. And I mean regime CHANGE - not power sharing which will clearly never happen.

Mugabe will frustrate every single process he is involved in and drag this on till many thousands die. And then, of course, the world will be outraged and many conferences, speeches and seminars will result and the world will say never again.. like Rwanda, like so many other places. Why not say it BEFORE thousands of people die? Is it just me? Am I missing something here?

And if you really want rid of Mugabe - get hold of me, provide me with what I need - and I will go and fix him. On my own! Instead, however, they will go on talking and condemning and demanding...

Reminds me of the old story about the unarmed policeman chasing a bad guy and he shouts "STOP".... "STOP or else"... "STOP or else.. I will have shout stop again!" very effective! I guarantee "STOP or I shoot" works much, much better!

You can shout whatever you like at Mugabe and his gang of criminals.. they DO NOT CARE.. get it? duh!

Later.