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Few hundred years of history ..
I think youll find Great Zimbabawe is a little older than that - or mybe ive missunderstood .
Also afaik a lot of these white farmers arrived for the land in the fifties - not long ago at all relatively . It still doesnt justify killing the ones who wouldnt leave ( im sure worse has befallen the black majority before tho) - but the guy is a clever general at heart and will do most things to stay in power
He wiped out whole tracts of his 'own' people down south just after coming to power after all cos they happened to be unsupportive ndebele rather than shona like him
I think youll find Great Zimbabawe is a little older than that - or mybe ive missunderstood .
Also afaik a lot of these white farmers arrived for the land in the fifties - not long ago at all relatively . It still doesnt justify killing the ones who wouldnt leave ( im sure worse has befallen the black majority before tho) - but the guy is a clever general at heart and will do most things to stay in power
He wiped out whole tracts of his 'own' people down south just after coming to power after all cos they happened to be unsupportive ndebele rather than shona like him
04 April 2008, 02:37 AM
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I've personally spoken to a number of Zimbabweans who have been tortured by Mugabe's thugs.
How Luan Pra bang can defend Mugabe given some of the posts they've written regarding the 'immoral' behaviour of UK/US government policy is beyond me.
Mugabe is a self interested worm who has raped the riches of his country, removed its capability to run and feed itself in order to line the pockets of his imbecile supporters who haven't got the intelligence to grow a packet of cress, let alone run a farm.
He has harassed, beaten, imprisoned and tortured many of those who have publicly criticised him. He has all but banned independent journalism. He has made tens of thousands homeless conducting his slum clearances - taking away what little these unfortunate people had.
How Luan Pra bang can defend Mugabe given some of the posts they've written regarding the 'immoral' behaviour of UK/US government policy is beyond me.
Mugabe is a self interested worm who has raped the riches of his country, removed its capability to run and feed itself in order to line the pockets of his imbecile supporters who haven't got the intelligence to grow a packet of cress, let alone run a farm.
He has harassed, beaten, imprisoned and tortured many of those who have publicly criticised him. He has all but banned independent journalism. He has made tens of thousands homeless conducting his slum clearances - taking away what little these unfortunate people had.
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