‘I can’t speak right now because my foot is in my mouth!’
‘Let’s build bridges, President tells UK‘– yes, that’s right, that headline was in the state-controlled Herald newspaper. Can you believe it?
And recently, an article on the front page of the Zimbabwe Independent that’s titled ‘Mugabe advisors push for Blair talks’. The article states
“Mugabe last Thursday gave the clearest signal yet that he was prepared for talks with Blair when he told Pocock he should help ‘build bridges between the two countries’”.
True to form, mugabe seems to think that he can be a rude, insulting individual one minute, and then be friends the next.
Has the mug forgotten that his whole election campaign revolved around poking fun at Tony Blair, in fact even going so far as to call his own election campaign the “Anti-Blair Campaign”?.
Has the mug also forgotten how he called Blair a ‘bliar’ :
“The Blair I know is a bliar. He goes telling lies to the rest of Europe that the problem here is the lack of democracy … lack of human rights, lack of transparency”.
Or even better than that, when the mug called Tony Blair an “international terrorist” and likened him to Adolf Hitler:
“Must we allow these men, the two unholy men (Tony Blair & George Bush) of our millennium, who, in the same way as Hitler and Mussolini formed [an] unholy alliance, formed an alliance to attack an innocent country?”
And of course, we will never forget the old quote of “So, Blair, keep your England and let me keep my Zimbabwe,” that Mugabe thundered in front of world leaders.
Old mugs has such a way with words. I think he has already put his foot in it, don’t you?
March 7th, 2006 22:56
Surely Robert was just being polite.
March 8th, 2006 12:06
If you read the entire post carefully you’ll notice that ‘being polite’ isn’t exactly typical of mugabe. He is not a gentleman.
April 22nd, 2006 12:45
Great. Things aren’t so well in my country now are they? But then again when someone wants to turn around and negotiate, then he is damned. If he remains stubbornly quiet and resolute, he is damned. If anything, true Zimbaweans feeling the pinch of the impasse should just shut up and pray the ‘talks’ come to fruition. Only those who are sitting pretty have the balls to question why dialogue is being called for. If the old man remains resolute in his stance, that will only affect the ordinary person and just in case you thought salvation was coming from MDC or any other equally sick fuckers, then i am sorry to burst your bubble. All we need is Bob now more than ever. Only he can set things straight. Remember final push and all the other shit, how strong wa the push. the manis under no pressure to act. He is just tired and wants out, but he knows things will only get worse if he does not start the healing process now when his strong iron hand touch is still the major force. When power wrangles ensue, it is the people that suffer, ask MDC supporters who do not know where to go in the Budiriro By-Election fiasco.
When Zanu starts fighting after Mudhara, another seven year of woe will follow. trust me.
If he wants to take a shot at peace, let him. Anything will help, and that he has actually swallowed his pride? Good for him!