Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden
The tone against (Zimbabwe's President Robert) Mugabe has hardened and the criticism is coming from an increasing number of directions. But that doesn't appear to be enough. Enough African leaders still support Zimbabwe's dictator to keep him from falling.
One of them is Omar Bongo, president in Gabon. He tells British newspaper The Telegraph that Robert Mugabe is a hero and that the West has acted clumsily.
The tone from Zimbabwe is -- as usual -- even more shrill. The West can go hang a thousand times, Robert Mugabe's spokesman said...
But who should help a tortured people if not the A.U.?
The U.N.? I don't think so. China on Tuesday said the country might reject a U.S. proposal for a resolution...
What about an E.U. that can 'go hang a thousand times?' Not them either. In practice, the EU have neither the mandate nor many troops to send. ...
What the west can do is to stop camouflaging the shortcomings. Stop the aid. Starve the regime, the police and the military. Give the Zimbabweans the opportunity to force their tyrant off his throne, when nobody else will.
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