Oops! I just noticed that a word was left out in the last sentence of the
fourth paragraph. I meant to write:

It's time for Africa to grow up and accept the fact that
hyenas will NOT share meat other than with their own.

Regards,

Kabir.


On 6/10/07, Kabir Njaay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Suntou,
>
> Hope the London summer is as good as what we are experiencing in
> Scandinavia at the moment. It's simply been too good during the past week or
> so.
>
> On Zimbabwe, or rather, Mugabe as the West would like to make us believe
> is the issue, you are spot on. It's all hypocrisy and double standards.
> Period!
>
> Since when did the West become so concerned about democracy and human
> rights in Africa?
>
> Look at Blair, for example, after screwing up the mandate given to him by
> British voters by consistently sucking up to Bush and his war mongering, he
> now wants to be remembered for championing the cause of Africa but apart
> from sending troops to Sierra Leone, what exactly has he done for Africa?
> It's time for Africa to grow up and accept the fact that
> hyenas will share meat other than with their own.
>
> He personally bears much of the responsibility for what is taking place in
> Zimbabwe by not honouring the agreement the Thatcher government had with
> ZANU-PF on Land Reform; a Labour government more reactionary than it's
> conservative predecessor, pandering to multinational business interests.
>
> Many of those so-called 'farm owners' in Zimbabwe (most of them absentee,
> by the way) are none other than business tycoons sitting in the boardrooms
> of many big  British banks and businesses. Mugabe and The ZANU-PF understand
> though that what is good for the goose cannot be hazardous for the gander.
> Sucking African blood for centuries whiles always running around claiming to
> be helping Africa?
>
> Did you hear them again at the G8? Same old story. Something has to give;
> Africa has suffered for much too long and we can't expect those who have
> trampled on us for centuries to suddenly bail us out. It's like waiting for
> and expecting a hen to stop laying eggs and instead begin to give
> birth. Africa must rid itself of the inferiority complexes and take the
> initiative and that is what I see happening with the continent's collective
> stand on Zimbabwe.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kabir.
>
>
>  On 6/10/07, Suntou Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > KABIR
> > on the issue of zimbabwe and mugabe ,i completely side with your
> > versions of
> > event leading to the branding of mr mugabe a despot.
> > the west wants us to see through there looking glass. mugabe is no saint
> > ,he
> > need to improve on so many things .but since when did he came under this
> > intense scrutine ?
> > our learned brother baba is within his rights to see mugabe otherwise
> > ,he has
> > been affected by dictatorship and hardline rule. but i see a vast
> > difference
> > between our own devil and that of zimbabwe's mugabe. baba , we will
> > never
> > forget your personal sacrifice in letting gambians and the wider world
> > know
> > what things were really like in yahya's gambia.
> > i controvercialy support mugabe's legacy even in the middle of redneck
> > anglsaxon britain .he is a hero to me.
> > brother kabir has made it abundantly clear other elections in africa
> > were
> > deemed unfair but nevertheless the west carrry on as usual no big fuse.
> > ethopia is a perfect example.infact the u.s are happily in bed with the
> > ethopian prime minister.
> >
>
>

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