As the situation in Zimbabwe teeters on the edge of disaster, another indication of how Robert Mugabe intends to deal with the situation lays anchored of the South African coast and it’s not a ship full of food aid for the people of Zimbabwe.
It appears that Mugabe has managed to use some of its stash of secret money, probably from a numbered Swiss bank account to finance the delivery of Chinese manufactured Guns, Ammunition and Rockets!
How nice of the Chinese to continue with their benevolent acts towards Africa!
How helpful of Thabo Mbeki’s South African government to give permission to transport them over their land to Zimbabwe, what a generous act by a very helpful neighbour! We cannot wait to see the results of such a helpful action.
Once again Zimbabwe’s African neighbours seem content to sit on their hands as another tragedy unfolds and the Western world with its current obsession of counting its money, seems to be equally ambivalent in its reaction. I suspect with crude oil prices at an all time high, if Zimbabwe had some, we would see a completely different reaction.
If Thabo Mbeki allows the arms from this ship to pass into Zimbabwe, then he could well be contributing to what might be the next African genocide. Somewhere, someone has to do something.
If this was a movie, the next thing that would happen is that the good guys (whoever they are) would blow the ship out of the water, oust Mugabe and get Zimbabwe back on its feet.
Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen and we will again all wring our hands when the killings begin in earnest in Zimbabwe.
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