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Brendan
06-07-2008, 02:35 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/world/africa/06zimbabwe.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

So what is the general response to this sort of thing? A harsh letter? I suppose in the run up to the re-election the US government has to be cautious not to play into Mugabe's hands.
Aeon221
06-07-2008, 03:12 AM
I guess we reply with our own threats of incineration?

edit: Seriously though, Zimbabwe has long seemed like it needed intervention in a manner similar to what occurred in Bosnia.
Jakub
06-07-2008, 08:41 AM
Then you get charges of the white people oppressing the Africans again.
Malcolm Tucker
06-07-2008, 08:43 AM
From Thabo Mbeki, maybe. I think the rest of the world understands that Zimbabwe is profoundly fucked up.
CSL
06-07-2008, 12:57 PM
You could always keep the British out of any missions to cut away the worst vestiges of colonialism seeming in. Oh, and keep the African Union as essentially an equal partner in any intervention.
Phil_Stein
06-07-2008, 01:15 PM
At least Zimbabwe is a democracy and the people there will have a chance to vote about things.

Oh wait...

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/world/story/23093E49F9971B9586257461000A9E05?OpenDocument

On Friday, Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change said police had banned the opposition party's rallies out of concern for the safety of Tsvangirai and other party leaders. The open-ended ban only affects the opposition.

It's for your own good guys. We wouldn't want any of you to get hurt, you know...
Phil_Stein
06-12-2008, 02:59 PM
It's getting worse...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4116638.ece
Podunk
06-12-2008, 03:26 PM
It's getting worse...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4116638.ece

That's fucking horrible.
Jakub
06-12-2008, 03:52 PM
That's horrific.
Dirt
06-12-2008, 03:59 PM
Doesn't this constitute an act of war?
Inuvix
06-13-2008, 09:16 AM
Doesn't this constitute an act of war?

Does it matter? Being a brutal dictator in and of itself does not constitute anything more than a harsh letter from the U.N.
id4698
06-13-2008, 09:19 AM
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.