Mugabe: We came to power by the barrel of a gun…

Original Post Date: 2002-03-14  Posted By: Jan

From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 3/14/2002 1:35:23 AM
Mugabe: We came to power by the barrel of a gun…

We came to power by the barrel of a gun, and we shall keep it by the same
means. (Robert Mugabe as quoted by Ted Sutton-Pryce in: Zimbabwe: A Model
for Namibia? pg 61)

So Robert Mugabe won! 56% of the votes for him and 41% for Tsvangirai.
Tsvangirai has not accepted it. Once more, Tsvangirai renounces violence.

The counting went amazingly quickly – maybe that was because the votes
were “counted” last week BEFORE the elections eh?

There are three very important conclusions to draw from what happened.
Firstly, the world had a chance to see for themselves what a violent
anti-democratic liar and cheat he really was. He finally showed his true
colours as those of us who have watched him for long know him to be. He is
the head of a corrupt, filthy government which has no interest in the
people who they supposedly came to “liberate”. Liberate from what? From
the lives they had so that they now starve to death and have NO FUTURE
WHATSOEVER. EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF POWER. That is Mugabe and his
cronies. They’ve fattened themselves while blaming everything on the
whites. They lied to the blacks. The really good thing, for me, is seeing
Britain openly stating that the election was stolen. The European Union
said the same. Today, an American representative in South Africa said that
Mugabe broke all but one of the rules for democracy set up by southern
African countries. The only rule he did NOT break was the announcement of
a timely election.

But there it was, as clear as day for ALL THE WORLD TO SEE, Mugabe is a
violent, lying thug and cheat. His only interest in “democracy” was when
it worked for him.

Secondly, it showed that the South African Government are just as corrupt.
Oh, they are smoothies. They have been saying things which were so
carefully and cunningly worded that most people would be fooled.

The South African observers declared the Zimbabwean election to be FREE
AND FAIR when all the world could see this was a SHAM!!! So what does that
tell you? It was common knowledge even in the South African media, from
the start, that our observers would be there to whitewash the election.
Why did Mugabe let only South African observers in when he kicked everyone
else out? What do Mugabe and Mbeki know that you and I do not?

It showed how duplicit the South African government is. President Mbeki is
very cunning when it comes to worded statements. He says things like “We
will help Zimbabwe…” Yeah right. Translation: “We will help MUGABE”. He
says things like: “Zimbabwe is having a hard time with a food
shortage….” Can you believe that our President says this and people
aren’t hooting with laughter? How about pointing out the OBVIOUS that the
food shortage was caused by that power-hungry crettin Mugabe when his
thugs disrupted farm production, stopped farmers from farming and burned
crops. Oh, sorry, the current propaganda line in Zimbabwe is to blame the
food shortage on a terrible “drought”. Yeah right. Sure they had somewhat
less rain than normal but any film footage from Zimbabwe will show a nice
green country-side. Zimbabwe is NOT another Ethiopia.

President Mbeki of South Africa is always covering for Mugabe BUT SO IS
THE REST OF AFRICA!! Have you noticed that? When the Commonwealth met
before the elections, the African nations were all saying “DON’T PREJUDGE
THE RESULTS THE ELECTION HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE – MUGABE HAS NOT CHEATED
YET.” So England and other nations took a step back.

Today, dear President Mbeki had the next propaganda line to soften the
blow “It is too early to judge the situation!” Oh get a LIFE WILL
YOU!!!!???

And President Mbeki then quietly said South Africa “would help with the
land reform in Zimbabwe.” Do you know what that means? It means: KICK THE
FARMERS OFF THEIR LAND, DESTROY THE COUNTRY EVEN MORE.

The Zimbabwe Army and Police are out in force across Zimbabwe in case of
civil unrest. But there has been none so far. A former Military
Intelligence analyst, Dr Jordaan, told me a few days ago, he expects the
situation in Zimbabwe to be filled with tension and for bitterness to
simmer. He said that if we see blacks attacking Police or murdering Police
then we must know a revolutionary ground-swell will be under way. He said
he does not think this will just go away in a day because it has been
building up for too long.

The third and most frightening lesson from the Zimbabwe elections is the
complicity of all of Africa. Africa stands by and lets it happen. Now what
does that tell you about the attitude of Africa and their condolence of
all that Mugabe has done in the last 2 years?

Whatever credibility any part of Africa may have had, it has all be blown
to hell and that goes especially so for South Africa which was supposed to
be the bright light of Africa.

But on a more sinister note, it shows the mindset of all these leaders,
and how little they not only care for democracy among the blacks but also
for the whites who live in their countries and who contribute to them. It
shows, that underneath all this lies a serious problem which will be
visiting us all in the future.

Several major political parties in South Africa spoke out strongly against
what had happened. They were angry not only at Mugabe but also President
Mbeki’s attitude towards it all.

I have just heard that Sweden is closing its embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe
and is cutting all aid to Zimbabwe. Holland also stopped all its aid to
Zimbabwe last year. American will impose smart sanctions on Zimbabwe.

As a friend of mine said, a week ago, Mugabe’s moves on the farmers of
Zimbabwe is basically the NATIONALISING of farms. But it has been done
under such a clever propaganda campaign that people do not see it for what
it is. The grasping hand of socialism reaching out and stiffling all
private initiative and business.

The final word on the Zimbabwean elections has not yet been written. Wait.
This event will have many far-reaching repurcussions, not only for
Zimbabwe, but across the continent and especially in South Africa and
Namibia. The events of this weekend have basically shown that Western
Liberal Democracy in Africa is a complete sham. This weekend was a victory
for socialism, and for a worsening of the economic situation and for a
long-term worsening of race relations. This weekend, dark clouds gathered
on a distant horizon for all of us.

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