[I like what Roy Bennett is saying. Bennett is the White MP who punched one of Mugabe”s MP”s in parliament and then went to jail for it. The key thing I see here is Bennett saying that the MDC “lacks agression” against Mugabe. This is EXACTLY what I have been saying for years.

The MDC have got Golden opportunities in their hands, victory is around the corner, but somehow they manage to squander it and stuff it up. Most importantly, the MDC thinks they can hold a few news conferences, have a couple of strikes and Mugabe will be on his knees, begging them for their terms of surrender. What nonsense! The MDC needs to understand that it needs to turn itself into a Militant organisation, or it must create for itself an armed wing. Personally, I think if they follow a strategy of creating a secret armed wing, yet distancing themselves officially from it, they could actually have something going here. There are millions of Zimbabweans already outside Zimbabwe – thanks to Mugabe. An armed wing could be created anywhere which is far from Mugabe”s CIO. An armed wing could be created in Britain, or Europe, or Australia or the USA. It could be allowed to incubate and grow quietly, far from Mugabe”s spies, and then it can get itself sorted out and start doing some real work to get rid of this evil bastard.

Honestly, the MDC squanders so many opportunities.

The Black Zimbabweans I dealt with some years ago, said to me that there were certain senior persons in the MDC who were all for military action. They even named a few for me. But I never had contact with them and cannot vouch for the accuracy of this.

I also experienced, first hand, seeing Black anti-Mugabe activists lining their own pockets. I know this because they stole money from me which I donated to them for specific purposes! And that pretty much finished off my interest in ever helping them again.

I also raised the issue with Zimbabwean activists back then, of the possibility that Mugabe would use his Intelligence organisation to penetrate the MDC and to put traitors in it who would then cause infighting and problems and would possibly even take over the political party. We did wonder if Mugabe could break up the MDC from within. I thought it was quite a serious concern.

I have been wondering if all these “Doves” in the MDC, who never want to oppose Mugabe in any way that actually matters, aren”t themselves Mugabe plants who are trying to prevent an MDC victory? Shouldn”t the MDC be purged of all these idiotic “Doves” who are holding up its only change at victory?

Will the MDC ever beat Mugabe? I honestly can”t see it if they continue with their current tactics. Mugabe will finish them off bit by bit.

I think, if the MDC does fall apart, that we can learn some things from it:-
1) It does show that there is a viable opposition to Mugabe. There are millions of unhappy, angry people out there who want Mugabe GONE.

2) Maybe somebody should form a new political party, but one which is much more militant and agressive, or which plays both sides of the spectrum – i.e. The Political on the one hand, and a separate armed wing which plays the military hand – and the two remain disconnected.

3) I”m starting to think that what Zimbabwe needs is a man BRAVE ENOUGH to stand up and face Mugabe”s bullets – and I”m starting to think that Roy Bennett has proven himself to be a man who can do that. I think Bennett would be a fiery leader who could lead from the front and achieve amazing things.

Bennett is right – all this pussy-footing with Mugabe must come to an end, and this bastard must be taken down, regardless of the ferocity of the resultant war. This is the only way to get Mugabe out. Mugabe will rig every election – he has proven 100% that he is a Dictator and is not in any way really interested in Democracy, and therefore the only logical recourse now is Military Force. The world would cheer Zimbabweans on if they had the balls to take Mugabe down, and I”m sure, they could get support from the world if they played their cards right. Mugabe”s stupid regime is crumbling, and its only remaining support comes from the ANC in South Africa.

In my view, if the Zimbabweans have the will to take on Mugabe, and the ANC comes riding in on its horse to save that old scumbag, then we in South Africa should organise a resistance against our own Government here, so as to undermine them, in support of the Zimbabweans against Mugabe. Make no mistake, Mugabe is extremely unpopular in South Africa – even among the Black masses. I do not think Mugabe and Mbeki can hold both fronts. Jan]

ZIMBABWE”s main opposition political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has been hijacked by corrupt opportunists driven mainly by personal greed, senior party official and former MP Roy Bennett said last week.

Bennett was speaking in an interview in Johannesburg last week.

His comments follow reports that the MDC has in the past two months been beset by factional fighting and leadership wrangles. Bennett”s comments suggest all is still not well in the party despite statements by its leadership that most of the differences had been resolved.

Sources within the MDC also spoke of allegations of financial irregularities.

There are reports of an intense political rivalry between two factions ahead of the party”s congress early next year. One said to be led by party president Morgan Tsvangirai and the other by party secretary-general Welshman Ncube.

Bennett declined to name the corrupt officials, but other insiders have said a shake-up in the party could be expected.

Bennett, who was released recently after an eight-month prison term for contempt of parliament after shoving Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, said a group of unelected party officials in the party was misleading Tsvangirai.

He said this diverted the party”s efforts and “plays directly into the hands of President Robert Mugabe”s regime”.

Bennett said he and a growing number of MDC supporters were frustrated by the party”s lack of an aggression towards the Mugabe government.

He said that although Tsvangirai was a good leader, he had surrounded himself with a group of “opportunists who ended up in senior positions within the e(162)¢-oe party and who are only interested in their own financial gain”.

“I believe that they will be exposed and they will be removed and the right people, who represent the grassroots, will replace them.”

Bennett said the MDC leadership should stand up for its followers, and put itself at risk rather than follow Mugabe”s agenda.

“If Mugabe uses his repression against us we have to be at the forefront. For too long now our people have been victimised.”

Bennett”s comments come amid criticism that the MDC failed to capitalise on Mugabe”s “Operation Restore Order” to rally Zimbabweans.

The opposition party is also accused of having committed itself late to plans for a mass stayaway last month, resulting in its failure.

Tsvangirai”s spokesman, William Bango, said although Bennett”s views were welcome he might be out of touch after his eight months in prison.

“Bennett was speaking as an individual and has not been involved with party affairs for the past eight months.”

Bango said the problems Bennett raised were “found in any organisation of the size of the MDC anywhere in the world”, given the “crisis of expectations” a fight for the oppressed always brings.

Meanwhile a report from London suggests Mugabe has agreed to talks to resolve the country”s crisis after talks at last week”s African Union summit with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the London Sunday Times said.

Diplomats told the Sunday Times that Obasanjo had called two former regional leaders he had identified as potential mediators, including Joaquim Chissano, the former Mozambican president. However, the Times said, Obasanjo was not expecting any immediate breakthrough in the talks that would be held in either Zimbabwe or SA.

Source: AllAfrica.Com
URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/200507110398.htm…br>