Disturbing Image

Jul 28, 2008 16:09

It's easy to overlook what's happening elsewhere in the world. Three eggs in Zimbabwe cost $100 billion in the local currency. And, Mugabe is still there why exactly?


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poliphilo July 28 2008, 09:28:32 UTC
Because he's got the backing of the big, tough-looking guys with the guns and machetes....

Also I understand it's a tribal thing.....

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goddlefrood July 28 2008, 22:31:41 UTC
I know why he's there, I just wonder why everyone puts up with him. Yes, he was the hero of independence and all that and he has given land back to the dispossessed. The photo suggested that what we have there is similar to inter war Germany except this time the dictator and his supporters have created the problem and there's no one willing to step in. Zimbabwe doesn't have oil in any large quantities as far as I know, so perhaps that's why the international community is leaving them to it ...

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