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Soon Zimbabwe shall be having two new ambassadors, one from the United States and the other from Britain. The US ambassador-designate, Mr Christopher Dell, has been quick off the mark and has already spelt out his agenda � "regime change". Never mind the semantics. If his outpourings to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 23 are anything to go by, it seems the new ambassador is on a war path. "If confirmed (as US ambassador to Zimbabwe), I would continue the efforts of our government in seeking Zimbabwe�s re-emergence as a country with a legitimate democratically elected government that reflects the rule of law and human rights . . . ," Mr Dell told the committee. So his views are reflective of US foreign policy, where good governance is determined by a country�s leadership subservience to the dictates of the US and not to the wishes of its people � the Tshombes, the Mobutus and the Duvaliers of the world. To the US, soon to be personified by Mr Dell in any case, expediency defines what democracy, human rights, justice, etc, are. Equitable distribution of land is undemocratic if it means depriving the white owners of absurdly huge tracts of land. That is our sin. Mr Dell believes that the experience he gained in the role he played in the ousting of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will see him succeed. He served as chief of mission of the US office in Kosovo when Nato indiscriminate bombings killed innocent pregnant women and children. But from the very outset the ambassador-designate has made a blunder of international proportions. As an ambassador, his priority is to try to improve relations between the host and his parent country. He should get facts from the ground. He seems to have preferred to put the cart before the horse by prejudging the situation in Zimbabwe based on hearsay and biased reports. His reference to the opposition as being denied a chance to be involved in a dialogue betrays some of his sources of information. It is, however, fortunate that Mr Dell will be coming to Zimbabwe during the election period. This will no doubt give him a chance to see reality and get a true picture of the thinking of Zimbabweans. Right now he might be thinking he is on the road to Damascus on a persecution mission. Come March 2005 he is likely to repent before fulfilling his mission as he is likely to be blinded by the obvious resounding success of justice and democracy in the Zimbabwean general election. Mr Dell will not be the first diplomat to come to Zimbabwe with the ambition to "do a Milosevic" on President Mugabe. The outgoing British ambassador, Sir Brian Donnelly, tried and failed dismally. He left the country with his tail tucked firmly between his legs. On his way to Zimbabwe Mr Dell might like to pass through London and look for a Sir Brian Donnelly, who might give him an insight into what kind of people Zimbabweans are. The Mulindwas Communication Group
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