Mugabe's Long Legacy

The traditional media and the political class are finally starting to catch up about the clown show that is Zimbabwe, where the ruling ZANU-PF party raided the oppostion headquarters and the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, has to hide out at the Dutch embassy. It was obvious for about a month or two that Robert Mugabe wouldn't relinquish power and was willing to wage war if he lost the election. The Secretary of State is finally speaking out, and the Administration managed to get a weak condemnation of Mugabe through the UN Security Council. The trade unionists in South Africa is calling for economic isolation of the Zimbabwean government, but I can't see how they would be able to isolate them any more. There are rumblings from Britain about military action, as well (not sure I agree).

Welcome to the party, everyone. Mugabe has been doing this for YEARS. The African Union has been covering for him (including Nelson Mandela) while inflation skyrocketed and everyone except for his political allies were oppressed. Thanks for allowing this to fester. The people of Zimbabwe thank you.