mahnmut: (Poshel na huy!)
mahnmut ([personal profile] mahnmut) wrote2008-10-28 03:34 pm
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Mugabe is playing Mbeki & Motlanthe like fiddles


 
The combined might of the current and former presidents of South Africa, backed up by an assortment of regional leaders, have failed to get Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe to stick to the power-sharing deal.

Why? Because he's a lying, conniving, power-mad nutter. Let me spell it out one more time: Mugabe holds on to power until there is a crisis. He then agrees to negotiate with someone. Then he holds on to power until there is a fresh crisis. Then he agrees to negotiate... you get the picture.

He has played Thabo Mbeki like a violin, like a banjo, like a mandolin and finally, over the last several months, like a classical guitar.

Both presidents, former and current, are just stage extras on the Mugabe power show.


[identity profile] moderndayhippie.livejournal.com 2008-10-28 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you think it would take for him to actually step down and move out of the way? Would he have to get sick and die or is there any hope that he would move aside on his own?