Zimbabwe - no Election
“Only God, who appointed me, will remove me" - Mugabe
Mr. Tsvangirai has now officially pulled out of the runoff election. The main issue seems to be that he did not want all of his supporters to get killed and the country fall into a civil war. Mugabe, of course, was completely happy with that course of action, because he has been appointed by God. Seems that even South Africa, which has not wanted to act, will be forced to make some kind of a move now that the elections a total sham. The UN, in its usual way, is looking at creating economic sanctions for a Zimbabwe ruled by Mugabe. Of course, the main issue with placing sanctions on a state ruled by a despotic dictator is that they tend to simply become more introverted and repressive, so I am not even sure that would actually help anyone out in this case. As is often the case, military power (the kind the US or South Africa has, and to an extent the UN) is the only language that a dictator is likely to speak. Let us hope that there is a stable transition to democracy/a new president, unlikely as that seems right now.
Mr. Tsvangirai has now officially pulled out of the runoff election. The main issue seems to be that he did not want all of his supporters to get killed and the country fall into a civil war. Mugabe, of course, was completely happy with that course of action, because he has been appointed by God. Seems that even South Africa, which has not wanted to act, will be forced to make some kind of a move now that the elections a total sham. The UN, in its usual way, is looking at creating economic sanctions for a Zimbabwe ruled by Mugabe. Of course, the main issue with placing sanctions on a state ruled by a despotic dictator is that they tend to simply become more introverted and repressive, so I am not even sure that would actually help anyone out in this case. As is often the case, military power (the kind the US or South Africa has, and to an extent the UN) is the only language that a dictator is likely to speak. Let us hope that there is a stable transition to democracy/a new president, unlikely as that seems right now.
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