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

Original Post Date: 2002-03-14 Time: 01:35:23  Posted By: Jan

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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