Comments on: Zimbabwe Election Watch : Issue 2 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/625 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:34:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: wayne http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/625#comment-80872 wayne Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:17:07 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/625#comment-80872 A bit of a long post - but a good synopsis, none the less, of the recent "purely political" side of this whole mess. I am still amazed that the SADC (and the rest of the world) stands by with arms folded and mouths shut. It is interesting to note that the government (or was it ZANU-PF? can't recall) have outright rejected the idea of maize assistance from the US & Canada, and yet, to date, while not actually placing an appeal to the UN, has not out right rejected maize assistance from that body. Do you think they are smart enough to know that nearly 75% of all UN food aid comes from the one of the countries in the world that is vilified on every corner (political - not popular) both within and outside of ZIM - the people of the US are still some of the most giving in the world, despite the current political malaise both within and outside its own borders. Do you think the big BOB would keep maize out of the hands of his cronies if he knew it came from the US? Absolutely NOT - he would only keep it out of the hands of the very Zimbabweans who are going to be in real need. IF the UN (or other) food assistance is to be forthcoming, we can only hope that is is heavily administered from outside people who can assure it is placed where the real needs are. The UN does not have a great track record in that regard. Let's hope they "ratchet up" the issue of accountability if the need (WHEN the need) arises<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('80872','wayne'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('80872','wayne','A bit of a long post - but a good synopsis, none the less, of the recent \"purely political\" side of this whole mess. I am still amazed that the SADC (and the rest of the world) stands by with arms folded and mouths shut.\r\nIt is interesting to note that the government (or was it ZANU-PF? can\'t recall) have outright rejected the idea of maize assistance from the US &amp; Canada, and yet, to date, while not actually placing an appeal to the UN, has not out right rejected maize assistance from that body. Do you think they are smart enough to know that nearly 75% of all UN food aid comes from the one of the countries in the world that is vilified on every corner (political - not popular) both within and outside of ZIM - the people of the US are still some of the most giving in the world, despite the current political malaise both within and outside its own borders. \r\nDo you think the big BOB would keep maize out of the hands of his cronies if he knew it came from the US? Absolutely NOT - he would only keep it out of the hands of the very Zimbabweans who are going to be in real need.\r\nIF the UN (or other) food assistance is to be forthcoming, we can only hope that is is heavily administered from outside people who can assure it is placed where the real needs are. The UN does not have a great track record in that regard. Let\'s hope they \"ratchet up\" the issue of accountability if the need (WHEN the need) arises'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> A bit of a long post - but a good synopsis, none the less, of the recent “purely political” side of this whole mess. I am still amazed that the SADC (and the rest of the world) stands by with arms folded and mouths shut.
It is interesting to note that the government (or was it ZANU-PF? can’t recall) have outright rejected the idea of maize assistance from the US & Canada, and yet, to date, while not actually placing an appeal to the UN, has not out right rejected maize assistance from that body. Do you think they are smart enough to know that nearly 75% of all UN food aid comes from the one of the countries in the world that is vilified on every corner (political - not popular) both within and outside of ZIM - the people of the US are still some of the most giving in the world, despite the current political malaise both within and outside its own borders.
Do you think the big BOB would keep maize out of the hands of his cronies if he knew it came from the US? Absolutely NOT - he would only keep it out of the hands of the very Zimbabweans who are going to be in real need.
IF the UN (or other) food assistance is to be forthcoming, we can only hope that is is heavily administered from outside people who can assure it is placed where the real needs are. The UN does not have a great track record in that regard. Let’s hope they “ratchet up” the issue of accountability if the need (WHEN the need) arises
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