Boy, those GOONS & THUGS ... they sure stick together, don't they?
Like pieces of fly-laden EXCREMENT.
Seems the CHINK goons & thugs tried to ship the 'frican goon/thug,
Robert MUGABE, a few million rounds of ammo and killing weapons so
Mugabe (has a goon & thug ring to it, no?) can KILL his political
opponent(s) who beat him in a recent presidential "election" that he
tried to rig. And Mugabi's great cheerleader Thabo Mbeki of South
'frica (damn, 'nother goon/thug) was wishing "The Mugab" well.
But thankfully some non-goons & thugs in neighboring countries
refused
the Chink shipment. And now perhaps the un-goon/thug Zimbaweans might
finally be
able to kick the criminal Mugabi out of the office he's held via
goonery and thuggery for several decades!
And also thankfully, the world is WITNESS to just how China -- a goon
and thug nation if there ever was one -- conducts itself in
"international relations."
And the world is supposed to respect the Chinks' Olympics
aspirations?
Think again!
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"Action on Zimbabwe"
"Africans reject a Chinese arms shipment for Robert Mugabe."
Wednesday, April 23, 2008; A20
SOUTHERN AFRICAN leaders at last have demonstrated a willingness to
confront the ongoing political crisis in Zimbabwe, as well as its
instigator, Robert Mugabe. Ironically, the impetus for action came
from China, one of the autocrat's best friends.
Late last week, a Chinese ship appeared in the South African port of
Durban bearing a huge load of arms for Zimbabwe's regime: 3 million
rounds of assault rifle ammunition, 3,000 mortar rounds and 1,500
rocket-propelled grenades. South African President Thabo Mbeki, who
has shamelessly coddled Mr. Mugabe, did nothing to stop the shipment.
But South Africa's democracy has begun to work against his loathsome
policy. A newspaper published details of the cargo. Dockworkers
refused to unload it. Public interest groups obtained a court order
barring the weapons' transit.
The Chinese ship duly sailed to Mozambique, a neighbor of South
Africa
and Zimbabwe. But there, too, it was refused a dock. With the
encouragement of the Bush administration, Angola joined the boycott
this week. By yesterday morning, a Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman was obliged to announce that the ship "is now considering
carrying back this cargo" to China. She also claimed the shipment was
"normal trade in military products" -- a description that
unintentionally spoke volumes about Beijing's amoral policy of
supplying weapons to Zimbabwe, Sudan and other repugnant regimes.
Ten days ago, the Southern African Development Community was unable
to
agree on any direct criticism of Mr. Mugabe, much less on any action
to pressure him to respect the results of the election he lost more
than three weeks ago. The boycott of the ship, which was also
supported by the community's current president, Zambia, was an
important step in the right direction. So were the comments of Jacob
Zuma, the president of South Africa's ruling party and a likely
successor to the lame-duck Mr. Mbeki. In Berlin yesterday, Mr. Zuma
said, "We speak out to promote democracy. . . . [A]s all democrats
know, no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on
the will of the people." Mr. Zuma told the Reuters news agency that
"African countries should identify some people to go in" to Zimbabwe
in an attempt to resolve the crisis.
Such intervention -- as opposed to the sham "mediation" of Mr. Mbeki
-- is long overdue. Zimbabweans want it: The country's church leaders
issued a joint statement yesterday saying that international action
was needed to stop Mr. Mugabe's violent campaign to overturn the
election results by beating, abducting and murdering opposition
supporters across the country. The 84-year-old strongman pays no heed
to Western governments, which long ago used up most of their
available
sanctions against his regime. If Zimbabwe is to be rescued, it must
be
by its fellow Africans. Turning around the ship was a start; now
African leaders must focus their efforts on turning out Mr. Mugabe.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR200...
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