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Africa Subsaharan
Zim: World must accept Bob
2008-07-08
Zimbabwe urged the world on Monday to accept President Robert Mugabe's re-election and said any move to impose U.N. sanctions on his government would hurt everyone involved.

This week, the U.N. Security Council is due to discuss a U.S. and British-based proposal for financial and travel restrictions on Mugabe and his top officials as well as an arms embargo on Zimbabwe.

World leaders at a Group of Eight nations summit in Japan also raised the prospect of more sanctions on Zimbabwe unless quick progress is made to end a political crisis after Mugabe's re-election in a poll that drew global condemnation.

'It is the UK that is pushing for sanctions, but isolating and demonising Zimbabwe is not in the best interests of anyone. They should treat Zimbabwe as a partner rather than an enemy,' Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said. 'The people of Zimbabwe made a decision on June 27 and that decision has to be respected.'
Posted by:Fred

#9  World must accept Bob

Ah, but that's the point exactly. We *don't* have to accept him.
Posted by: Iblis   2008-07-08 12:37  

#8  Thanks for the link Tipper. It's been going on for decades. Something you'll never see on the MSM or mentioned in D.C. political circles.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-07-08 11:23  

#7  Life under Bob.
Posted by: tipper   2008-07-08 11:12  

#6  Zimbabwe urged the world on Monday to accept President Robert Mugabe's re-election and said any move to impose U.N. sanctions on his government would hurt everyone involved.

Let's see. In order:
1) Nope.
2) Tough shit.
Posted by: mojo   2008-07-08 10:57  

#5  Gee, when you put it like that...
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-07-08 10:27  

#4  Think yourself lucky that you are not subject to the mandates of the EU quangocracy, RIC.

47.9% - Vote against Mugabe in Zimbabwean elections, which EU described as a "travesty of democracy" and supported MDC decision not to stand in second round.

53.4% - Vote against Lisbon treaty in Irish Referendum, which EU "regrets" and would like them to run a second time.

Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar   2008-07-08 09:32  

#3  Bob better hope he don't wake up white some morning.
He'd be gone by lunchtime...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-07-08 09:31  

#2  Farmin B Hard is collecting for the Zim franchise of MoveOn.org
Posted by: .5MT   2008-07-08 07:27  

#1  'The people of Zimbabwe made a decision on June 27 and that decision has to be respected.
In one sense, the election was cleaner than elections in Chicago. In Chicago, dead people can vote. In Zimbabwe, people who don't vote for Mugabe are dead.
Posted by: Rambler in California   2008-07-08 01:15  

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