Comments on: Links ~ 3 July 2008 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1162 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1162#comment-255419 True Grit Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:54:58 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1162#comment-255419 Shoot for the moon, The worst you can do is land among the stars. What if the stars turn their backs on you? They refuse to share their light, And you come crashing down into a pile of 'I wish', 'but', 'I tried', A pile of worthless dreams. Developing a concrete vision for the future would help to rally the people of Zimbabwe around a long-term effort to achieve a peaceful transition. A non-western organization, such as the African Development Bank, could take the lead and summon an international 'Friends of Zimbabwe' conference. Any successful developing country that has shown an interest in Zimbabwe could participate. The very fact of the international communtity coming together at short notice would send a strong message of hope to Zimbabwe and all Africans who care about the future of that important country.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('255419','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('255419','True Grit','Shoot for the moon,\r\nThe worst you can do is land among the stars.\r\nWhat if the stars turn their backs on you?\r\nThey refuse to share their light,\r\nAnd you come crashing down\r\ninto a pile of \'I wish\', \'but\', \'I tried\',\r\nA pile of worthless dreams.\r\n\r\nDeveloping a concrete vision for the future would help to rally the people of Zimbabwe around a long-term effort to achieve a peaceful transition.\r\n\r\nA non-western organization, such as the African Development Bank, could take the lead and summon an international \'Friends of Zimbabwe\' conference. Any successful developing country that has shown an interest in Zimbabwe could participate. The very fact of the international communtity coming together at short notice would send a strong message of hope to Zimbabwe and all Africans who care about the future of that important country.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Shoot for the moon,
The worst you can do is land among the stars.
What if the stars turn their backs on you?
They refuse to share their light,
And you come crashing down
into a pile of ‘I wish’, ‘but’, ‘I tried’,
A pile of worthless dreams.

Developing a concrete vision for the future would help to rally the people of Zimbabwe around a long-term effort to achieve a peaceful transition.

A non-western organization, such as the African Development Bank, could take the lead and summon an international ‘Friends of Zimbabwe’ conference. Any successful developing country that has shown an interest in Zimbabwe could participate. The very fact of the international communtity coming together at short notice would send a strong message of hope to Zimbabwe and all Africans who care about the future of that important country.

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]]> By: Secretary Bird http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1162#comment-255259 Secretary Bird Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:47:15 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1162#comment-255259 Wow, so not only will that man declare war on his own people, but now he's threatening the rest of Africa as well? That's a fine way to maintain allies in Africa... While in my opinion Mugabe is truly evil, I've always believed that he was an incredibly clever man. How else do you maintain allies and keep an iron grip on power despite huge opposition? He has systematically outmaneuvered the opposition at every turn, and that shows some sort of intellect. However, this statement is really, truly, stupid. Let's hope he continues down this path of stupidity; it can only lead to trouble for him and his cronies...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('255259','Secretary Bird'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('255259','Secretary Bird','Wow, so not only will that man declare war on his own people, but now he\'s threatening the rest of Africa as well? That\'s a fine way to maintain allies in Africa...\r\n\r\nWhile in my opinion Mugabe is truly evil, I\'ve always believed that he was an incredibly clever man. How else do you maintain allies and keep an iron grip on power despite huge opposition? He has systematically outmaneuvered the opposition at every turn, and that shows some sort of intellect. \r\n\r\nHowever, this statement is really, truly, stupid. Let\'s hope he continues down this path of stupidity; it can only lead to trouble for him and his cronies...'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Wow, so not only will that man declare war on his own people, but now he’s threatening the rest of Africa as well? That’s a fine way to maintain allies in Africa…

While in my opinion Mugabe is truly evil, I’ve always believed that he was an incredibly clever man. How else do you maintain allies and keep an iron grip on power despite huge opposition? He has systematically outmaneuvered the opposition at every turn, and that shows some sort of intellect.

However, this statement is really, truly, stupid. Let’s hope he continues down this path of stupidity; it can only lead to trouble for him and his cronies…

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]]> By: Faraway http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1162#comment-255257 Faraway Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:43:35 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1162#comment-255257 The Great Zimbabwe Impasse Mugabe: Recognise me as Zimbabwe president or no talks. Tsvangirai: Recognise me as the leader of any transitional government, on the basis of the March results, and stop he violence. This could take years. http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL03212421.html One can see Mugabe's strategy a mile away. 1.Appear to be trying to satisfy the AU with commencing dialogue with MDC. 2.Appear to be reducing the violence. 3.MDC members involved in by-elections will mysteriously disappear or die. Others arrested for various ridiculous charges. 4.MDC will fade 5.China will prop up the regime 6.Nothing will change This is of course totally unacceptable. It's an outrage! Something has to be done to break the stalemate. It needs an absolute world wide wave of protests in every possible direction .<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('255257','Faraway'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('255257','Faraway','The Great Zimbabwe Impasse\r\n\r\nMugabe:\r\nRecognise me as Zimbabwe president or no talks.\r\n\r\nTsvangirai: \r\nRecognise me as the leader of any transitional government, on the basis of the March results, and stop he violence.\r\n\r\nThis could take years.\r\nhttp:\/\/africa.reuters.com\/wire\/news\/usnL03212421.html\r\n\r\nOne can see Mugabe\'s strategy a mile away.\r\n1.Appear to be trying to satisfy the AU with commencing dialogue with MDC.\r\n2.Appear to be reducing the violence.\r\n3.MDC members involved in by-elections will mysteriously disappear or die. Others arrested for various ridiculous charges.\r\n4.MDC will fade\r\n5.China will prop up the regime\r\n6.Nothing will change\r\n\r\nThis is of course totally unacceptable. It\'s an outrage!\r\nSomething has to be done to break the stalemate. It needs an absolute world wide wave of protests in every possible direction .'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> The Great Zimbabwe Impasse

Mugabe:
Recognise me as Zimbabwe president or no talks.

Tsvangirai:
Recognise me as the leader of any transitional government, on the basis of the March results, and stop he violence.

This could take years.
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL03212421.html

One can see Mugabe’s strategy a mile away.
1.Appear to be trying to satisfy the AU with commencing dialogue with MDC.
2.Appear to be reducing the violence.
3.MDC members involved in by-elections will mysteriously disappear or die. Others arrested for various ridiculous charges.
4.MDC will fade
5.China will prop up the regime
6.Nothing will change

This is of course totally unacceptable. It’s an outrage!
Something has to be done to break the stalemate. It needs an absolute world wide wave of protests in every possible direction .

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]]> By: CC http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1162#comment-255216 CC Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:28:19 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1162#comment-255216 http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSWEA1064 HARARE, July 4 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday warned neighbouring African nations to "think twice" about provoking his government, which has been condemned for holding a one-candidate presidential election. "If there are some who may want to fight us, they should think twice," Mugabe, the winner of a run-off election boycotted by the opposition, said after returning home from an African Union summit. "We don't intend to fight any neighbours. We are a peaceful country, but if there is a country, a neighbouring country that is itching for a fight, ah, then let them try it."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('255216','CC'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('255216','CC','http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/africaCrisis\/idUSWEA1064\r\n\r\nHARARE, July 4 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday warned neighbouring African nations to \"think twice\" about provoking his government, which has been condemned for holding a one-candidate presidential election.\r\n\r\n\"If there are some who may want to fight us, they should think twice,\" Mugabe, the winner of a run-off election boycotted by the opposition, said after returning home from an African Union summit.\r\n\r\n\"We don\'t intend to fight any neighbours. We are a peaceful country, but if there is a country, a neighbouring country that is itching for a fight, ah, then let them try it.\"'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSWEA1064

HARARE, July 4 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday warned neighbouring African nations to “think twice” about provoking his government, which has been condemned for holding a one-candidate presidential election.

“If there are some who may want to fight us, they should think twice,” Mugabe, the winner of a run-off election boycotted by the opposition, said after returning home from an African Union summit.

“We don’t intend to fight any neighbours. We are a peaceful country, but if there is a country, a neighbouring country that is itching for a fight, ah, then let them try it.”

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