Dear Sir,
I would just like to say I wish there where more people in the world like you. Keep doing what you are doing, you will get there. Zimbabwe will be free again.
Everyone knows you won the election, the first round fair and square; even with ZANU rigging it by at least 30% you still came first; it was such a surprise to them that they postponed the results while trying to figure out what to do next. You are the real president-elect of Zimbabwe and the world should recognise you.
Shame on South Africa and SADAC for trying to force you to compromise with Mugabe the dictator; he should be dragged in front of the Hague with all his cronies. He is an old man and a day will come when he will no longer be with us, at this point his party will collapse and lose the support of SADAC and ZANU will be held to account.
My advice is not to enter a power-sharing deal; walk away.
Thirty years ago the world supported the liberation struggle and helped train people like Mugabe to take on those who would not share power. Well, the time has come for the world once again to support a new Liberation war, a war for freedom and democratic values.
Zimbabwe is a proud country, but Mugabe, who lives by the sword, needs to die by the sword. It is the only language he understands. I am for peace and I hate war, but there comes a time when one must stand up for what one believes in and if talking cannot deliver it then maybe it is time for other measures. If Botswana is helping to train people to take on ZANU, then great. We should all help them and support them. There is no shame in this. It is the right thing to do.
The time has come for the world to wake up. It is so obvious that Mugabe is a mad dictator who has lost the plot; the longer we wait for him to step down the longer it will take to rebuild Zimbabwe. He will be remembered not as a liberation hero but as a war criminal. ZANU should wake up to this. They have blood on their hands. They need to stop living for today and start thinking about tomorrow. How long do they think they can get away with such tyranny?
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1 - Ruvy
I am for peace and I hate war, but there comes a time when one must stand up for what one believes in and if talking cannot deliver it then maybe it is time for other measures.
The words of a reluctant revolutionary.
Bravo! Excellent article!
Tonight, we Jews light the first candle of eight to commemorate the eight day holiday of Hanukkah. The man who made the liberation of Judea possible then, Matatayahu Hashmonai, took a sword and ran it through a fellow Jew willing to sacrifice a pig to a Greek idol. He started his political career as a murderer and a rebel, in the eyes of the legitimate authorities of the day.
That is how it is that freedom is usually won. Someone who believes in justice and freedom has to pick up the sword and look like a murderer and rebel at first - to gain the approbation of history later.
Zimbabwe is not the only country that needs a war of liberation.