--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jul 1, 2008, at 9:02 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > > > > Bullshit. Mugabe has been a tyrant and a killer since at least 1980. > > > > > > > > > > > > ---Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1960s as the Secretary general > > of > > > > the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). For many years in the > > 60s > > > > and 70s Mugabe was a political prisoner in Rhodesia. His goal was to > > > > replace white minority-rule with one-party Marxist regime.[2] He > > left > > > > Rhodesia in 1976 to join the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle (Rhodesian > > > > Bush War) from bases in Mozambique. The war ended in 1979; emerging > > > > from this conflict, Mugabe was hailed by Africans as a hero.[3][4] > > He > > > > won the general elections of 1980, the first in which the majority > > > > black Africans participated, amid reports of violent intimidation by > > > > the militant freedom fighters he now controlled. Mugabe then became > > > > the first Prime Minister of black-ruled Zimbabwe after calling for > > > > reconciliation between formerly warring parties, including the white > > > > people as well as rival parties. > > > > > > > > The early years of Mugabe's rule saw killings targeting the Ndebele > > > > tribe in the Matabeleland and Midlands areas of Zimbabwe. > > > > > > > > Since 1998 Mugabe's policies have increasingly elicited domestic and > > > > international denunciation. His government pursued a costly > > > > intervention in the Second Congo War, expropriated thousands of > > > > white-owned farms, printed hundreds of trillions of Zimbabwean > > dollars > > > > triggering hyperinflation,[5] and has been accused of harassing and > > > > intimidating political opponents, particularly members of the > > Movement > > > > for Democratic Change.[6] Zimbabwe's economy spiraled downward,[7] > > > > with food and oil shortages,[8] and with massive internal > > > > displacement[9] and emigration.[10] During this period Mugabe's > > > > policies have been denounced in the West and at home as racist > > against > > > > Zimbabwe's white minority. > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe> > > > > > > > > > > I'll never forget a couple of years ago a picture I saw in the > > > newspaper of a slain Brit. expat. farmer lying dead--with his Jack > > > Russell Terrier who survived, cuddled up next to his masters dead > > > body. Vigilantes, jealous of the white farmers went in and killed > > > many of the farmers or forced them to flee with the idea to take over > > > their farms and supposedly the money they were making. The people > > > ended up being so uneducated they didn't even know how to operate the > > > farms and now the farms have been taken over by ovegrowth. Such > > > appalling ignorance. > > > > > > > I'll never forget a couple of years ago a picture I saw in the newspaper > > of slain Iraqi children lying dead--with their mother alone beside them. > > Americans, mad with arrogance, went in and killed hundreds of thousands, > > or forced them to flee with the idea to take over their oil and > > supposedly the money they were making. The people ended up being so > > uneducated they didn't even know how to operate the oil business and now > > the oil fields have been taken over by groups aligned to the > > dictatorship in Iran. Such appalling ignorance. > > > > OffWorld > > > I agree with you here Off. But you're completely missing the point. No one is defending > the massively corrupt actions of US foreign policy these last years. (No one with half a > brain that is.) > > But what does that have to do with MMY praising a brutal dictator? >>
He praised all leaders and non-leaders, he never denounced anyone up until about 2002, He even praised brutal dicatators such as Reagan, Bush Snr. You didn't complain about that support do you. Reagan and Bush Snr. and other American regimes are the ones that sold WMD's to Iraq, upheld - at gun point - the Saudi dictatorship, brought down the democratically elected President of Iran, and helped the Ayotollas get in power, and they are the ones that got Mugabe to go nuts due to their interference everywhere - and the British too. Mugabe saw he was being manipulated by the corporate greed of the West and just went overboard. The most brutal dictaros are the corporations that dominate "corrupt democracy" as Maharishi called it. In addition, there are SOOOooo many brutal dictators that the US put in power that it is hard to put them all in one post. OffWorld
