Comments on: Links ~7 June 2008 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1034 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anton http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1034/comment-page-1#comment-238042 Anton Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:28:57 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1034#comment-238042 Not even in war is it acceptable to starve POW to death but in Zimbabwe Mugabe seems free to starve political opponents to death without direct international military intervention. Surely this is a transgression that calls for immediate international intervention. Does the international community want another failure to respond to crisis like in Rwanda ?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('238042','Anton'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('238042','Anton','Not even in war is it acceptable to starve POW to death but in Zimbabwe Mugabe seems free to starve political opponents to death without direct international military intervention. Surely this is a transgression that calls for immediate international intervention. Does the international community want another failure to respond to crisis like in Rwanda ?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Not even in war is it acceptable to starve POW to death but in Zimbabwe Mugabe seems free to starve political opponents to death without direct international military intervention. Surely this is a transgression that calls for immediate international intervention. Does the international community want another failure to respond to crisis like in Rwanda ?
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]]> By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1034/comment-page-1#comment-237468 True Grit Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:55:57 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1034#comment-237468 Re: Vote for Mugabe, or starve, 8/6 - The UK's International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, has posted a few comments: "Up to 4 million people in Zimbabwe rely on food aid supplied by international aid agencies. By ordering those agencies to suspend their operations Mugabe is putting lives at risk. He is quite simply using hunger as a political weapon as he tries desperately to cling to power. This deliberate decision to target the poorest and most vulnerable people is beyond contempt." "If Mugabe wins the run-off I fear for his people, they are the real victims of his political manoeuvring. Britain and the International Community will do all we can to keep aid flowing...As he has become more despotic Mugabe has shown even greater disregard for his citizens. It doesn't have to be this way. We are not walking on the other side - yet Mugabe seeks to push us aside. Our aid is not for him, but for the Zimbabweans he makes suffer. But he will find our path is straight and our resolve will not be deflected" This, surely, is the clearest indication by anyone in authority in the West that, should the aid situation not be resolved, and the hungry people not adequately supplied with aid, and disregarding actual party politics, the EU and the UN will see to it that the aid in sufficient quntities is distributed to all sufferers, and with armed guard protection forces if need be. Mugabe, you have been warned!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('237468','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('237468','True Grit','Re: Vote for Mugabe, or starve, 8\/6 -\r\n\r\nThe UK\'s International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, has posted a few comments:\r\n\r\n\"Up to 4 million people in Zimbabwe rely on food aid supplied by international aid agencies. By ordering those agencies to suspend their operations Mugabe is putting lives at risk. He is quite simply using hunger as a political weapon as he tries desperately to cling to power. This deliberate decision to target the poorest and most vulnerable people is beyond contempt.\"\r\n\r\n\"If Mugabe wins the run-off I fear for his people, they are the real victims of his political manoeuvring. Britain and the International Community will do all we can to keep aid flowing...As he has become more despotic Mugabe has shown even greater disregard for his citizens. It doesn\'t have to be this way. We are not walking on the other side - yet Mugabe seeks to push us aside. Our aid is not for him, but for the Zimbabweans he makes suffer. But he will find our path is straight and our resolve will not be deflected\"\r\n\r\nThis, surely, is the clearest indication by anyone in authority in the West that, should the aid situation not be resolved, and the hungry people not adequately supplied with aid, and disregarding actual party politics, the EU and the UN will see to it that the aid in sufficient quntities is distributed to all sufferers, and with armed guard protection forces if need be. \r\n\r\nMugabe, you have been warned!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Re: Vote for Mugabe, or starve, 8/6 -

The UK’s International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, has posted a few comments:

“Up to 4 million people in Zimbabwe rely on food aid supplied by international aid agencies. By ordering those agencies to suspend their operations Mugabe is putting lives at risk. He is quite simply using hunger as a political weapon as he tries desperately to cling to power. This deliberate decision to target the poorest and most vulnerable people is beyond contempt.”

“If Mugabe wins the run-off I fear for his people, they are the real victims of his political manoeuvring. Britain and the International Community will do all we can to keep aid flowing…As he has become more despotic Mugabe has shown even greater disregard for his citizens. It doesn’t have to be this way. We are not walking on the other side – yet Mugabe seeks to push us aside. Our aid is not for him, but for the Zimbabweans he makes suffer. But he will find our path is straight and our resolve will not be deflected”

This, surely, is the clearest indication by anyone in authority in the West that, should the aid situation not be resolved, and the hungry people not adequately supplied with aid, and disregarding actual party politics, the EU and the UN will see to it that the aid in sufficient quntities is distributed to all sufferers, and with armed guard protection forces if need be.

Mugabe, you have been warned!

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