Comments on: Links ~ 18 August 2008 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1609 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1609/comment-page-1#comment-271777 True Grit Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:58:42 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1609#comment-271777 When these talks finally end, the world will have to know whether the mediator Mbeki has sided with Mugabe's insistence on holding on to the power to control the police, the judiciary and the armed forces. This is because Mbeki knows full well that with that power Mugabe's forces would be able to hatch a plot against Morgan Tsvangirai and lead him into a trap. If Mbeki tries to do this he will also be finished, and will never have any credibility as a politician again. Africa being what it is, and Zimbabwe being one of the worst examples of the abuse of power, Morgan obviously cannot afford to sign up to such a plan. If Mbeki and his helpers cannot persuade Mugabe to concede that power, which should be backed up by an undertaking by other African states to police such an agreement, then Zimbabwe is finished as an independent state and would become just a dead shell where only pandemonium will reign. Morgan MUST hold his ground, and not be just co-opted into a trap, either by pressure from Mbeki or Mugabe. Gangsters like to frame people, and Mugabe is a gangster of the first order.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('271777','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('271777','True Grit','When these talks finally end, the world will have to know whether the mediator Mbeki has sided with Mugabe\'s insistence on holding on to the power to control the police, the judiciary and the armed forces. This is because Mbeki knows full well that with that power Mugabe\'s forces would be able to hatch a plot against Morgan Tsvangirai and lead him into a trap. If Mbeki tries to do this he will also be finished, and will never have any credibility as a politician again.\r\n\r\nAfrica being what it is, and Zimbabwe being one of the worst examples of the abuse of power, Morgan obviously cannot afford to sign up to such a plan. If Mbeki and his helpers cannot persuade Mugabe to concede that power, which should be backed up by an undertaking by other African states to police such an agreement, then Zimbabwe is finished as an independent state and would become just a dead shell where only pandemonium will reign. \r\n\r\nMorgan MUST hold his ground, and not be just co-opted into a trap, either by pressure from Mbeki or Mugabe. Gangsters like to frame people, and Mugabe is a gangster of the first order.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> When these talks finally end, the world will have to know whether the mediator Mbeki has sided with Mugabe’s insistence on holding on to the power to control the police, the judiciary and the armed forces. This is because Mbeki knows full well that with that power Mugabe’s forces would be able to hatch a plot against Morgan Tsvangirai and lead him into a trap. If Mbeki tries to do this he will also be finished, and will never have any credibility as a politician again.

Africa being what it is, and Zimbabwe being one of the worst examples of the abuse of power, Morgan obviously cannot afford to sign up to such a plan. If Mbeki and his helpers cannot persuade Mugabe to concede that power, which should be backed up by an undertaking by other African states to police such an agreement, then Zimbabwe is finished as an independent state and would become just a dead shell where only pandemonium will reign.

Morgan MUST hold his ground, and not be just co-opted into a trap, either by pressure from Mbeki or Mugabe. Gangsters like to frame people, and Mugabe is a gangster of the first order.

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