Mugabe the survivor?

[mercalia]

so he didnt resign
Is he just a senile old fool or just an obstinate man who wont led go?

Atleast he wont end up the way of Gaddafi, which is a shame?

I feel sorry for the ordinary people in Rhodesia who are celibrating his demise as it seems to me they will be disapointed what they get? just a change of name at the top but business as usual

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,
Yeh, not really a change that will bring a better life for the people.

And the world has watched for decades doing zilch.

[meic]

I feel sorry for the ordinary people in Rhodesia

Of course when it was Rhodesia they were not even allowed to vote and the repression was just as violent.

[Bonefishblues]

I think it has to be a step in the right direction. It's now when, not if, and the new leadership is lined up. Delicate, but not unmanageable.

[mercalia]

I feel sorry for the ordinary people in Rhodesia

Of course when it was Rhodesia they were not even allowed to vote and the repression was just as violent.

BBC reports he has agreed to resign as as long as --

"The source reportedly says Mr Mugabe and his wife will be given full immunity and protection for their private properties."

I cant see he has any cards to play to insist on that? He would be lucky to escape with his life rather than be taken out back and end up ina gutter?

oh so there wont be any reclaiming/redistributing his property that he and his have stolen from his fellow zimbabweans ( compare what he did to the white rhodesians)?

[meic]

A quick Google shows Mugabe's net worth to be 10 million US dollars, compared to Tony Blair's £60 million.

[Psamathe]

....
And the world has watched for decades doing zilch.

Except our (UK) Royal Family/politicians did decide to honour him with a knighthood in the 90's.

And it was not that long ago that our future king (Charles) was shaking hands with him at the Pope's funeral.

Ian

[Bonefishblues]

International diplomacy's seldom very clear-cut. There's no doubt he got worse as he got older

[Psamathe]

A quick Google shows Mugabe's net worth to be 10 million US dollars, compared to Tony Blair's £60 million.

I'm surprised it's that low. On TV last/the other night they were going on abut his many properties, incl. "residences" in S. Africa, house in the exclusive area in Singapore, etc. Properties alone must way exceed $10m.

Ian

[reohn2]

Meic,Psamathe.
Spot on,
Mugabe is just like so many other "leaders" around the world, completely corrupt.

[rjb]

What do you expect - he's a Yorkshire lad in disguise. E Ba Gum!


But his replacement is deemed to be more brutal than the existing regime.
So it could very well be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire!

[mercalia]

A quick Google shows Mugabe's net worth to be 10 million US dollars, compared to Tony Blair's £60 million.

you can bet he has various offshore accnts and also suitcases of $100 bills some where. One thin I have noticed about all? the African rulers/autocrats/despots is how FAT in the face ( and elsewhere ) they seem to be: clearly living the good life while their "subjects" starve or go short?

[reohn2]

A quick Google shows Mugabe's net worth to be 10 million US dollars, compared to Tony Blair's £60 million.

you can bet he has various offshore accnts and also suitcases of $100 bills some where. One thin I have noticed about all? the African rulers/autocrats/despots is how FAT in the face ( and elsewhere ) they seem to be: clearly living the good life while their "subjects" starve or go short?

Not just the Africans either .......

[Bonefishblues]

Indeed, isn't it just the case that in some societies one is able to be rather prouder of one's corruption than others?

[djnotts]

Two aspects seemingly glossed over in most reporting. Did Mugabe "get worse"? No - "In fact, the signs of his attitude to opposition were there from the early 1980s, when members of the North-Korea trained Fifth Brigade of the army were sent to Matabeleland, home to his then rival, Joshua Nkomo. Thousands of civilians were killed..." His true colours always clear. Is his(likely) replacement "better"? No. All the evidence and past actions strongly suggest that quite as brutal and equally corrupt. Nickname the "crocodile" not apparently from his political attributes, rather his brutality.

All those celebrating the presumed change will see nothing new....