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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:31 AM Original message |
Sanctions: Zimbabwe tells US to 'go to hell' |
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JaySherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. ROFLMFAO!!! |
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Bundbuster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. "hamburger-eating imperialists" |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Since Bush* took office, you notice all the remarks from |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. From the people of Haiti |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. Zimbabwe is a corrupt mess |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Why would the chimp have a problem with that? |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. you have no idea |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Zimbabwe was the breadbasket for Europe, and it actually wasn't bread. |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. This is really very tiring |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Excellent post (where's the venom for Nepal royalty, by the way?) |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Another thing to note: I thin the most liberal estimates of deaths caused |
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Gulf Coast J (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #60 |
105. I would read read what journalists in Zimbabwe had to say... |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #105 |
131. A monster! A monster, I tell ya! |
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Zinfandel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
128. EXCELLENT FUCKING POST!!!!! |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
163. Jeez! If I am ever in a position to say this: You're hired!!!!!! n/t |
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ParanoidPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
160. Give it a rest, most of us here know how to.... |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Where should we begin? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Another part of this story: |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Mugabe has been in power too long and has become corrupt. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. The colonizers have been controling Africa for too long and they're evil. |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Here's one... |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Here's a short part... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hate To Say...* Is On The Right Side For Once |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. Hey, great! Why don't we invade them then? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
78. Mugabe is a one-bullet regime change. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #78 |
94. Sounds like Eisenhower's Africa policy. Usually the bullets were aimed |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Zimbabwe defends 'secret camps' |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The BBC's Africa coverage is absurd. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Which international news organisations are left |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Milton G. Allimadi |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. So what does Allimadi say about the BBC's coverage of Zimbabwe? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. He explains why Zimbabwe wouldn't deal w/ reporters not based in Zimbabwe |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Of course the real reason |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Read the book. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Darn, I was waiting for the The Passion of Mugabe |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It might help you understand why Bush only cares about Mugabe |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. It is marketing |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
67. And that pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:32 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Lots of ongoing reading |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
87. The Passion of Mugabe. About as stupid as the |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. You mean like these 2 correspondents |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It's way too obvious. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. So your proof that the BBC is biased |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. As a criticism, that makes no sense. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. In all the coverage of Zimbabwe on BBC, I've heard a Zimbabwean defend |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Here's part of the interview: |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. So, do you think that the dearth of defenders of Mugabe |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I think Shire has some interesting things to say, that don't get |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. thanks, AP |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. In that book, the author refers to a study of racist representations of... |
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ParanoidPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
162. WOW! I wasn't aware that the School of the Americas..... |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
24. HEY!! They can't say those nasty things about Bush and his administration |
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historian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. overseeing elections |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. Human Rights Watch doesn't like him very much... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. What does HRW think about land redistribution? |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Okay, nice to know... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Opposing land reform and nothing else doesn't justify a coup. |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I don't know much about this... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. The opposition party is funded by Europeans and the CIA has admitted |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Except... |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Well, it appears that he isn't really a dictator... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. but their elections are condemned |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. The BBC predicted that Zimbabwe would close the polls in the city |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:37 AM Response to Reply #50 |
72. Election fraud |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:40 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Save it for Nigeria. Nigeria has REAL election fraud, but nobody complains |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. what about our elections? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. And notice that we complain about elections abroad when they result |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #56 |
68. i do notice that also |
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Gulf Coast J (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #56 |
106. There is a difference between spreading wealth and destroying it |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Not true. A RACIST news story from a year ago described how |
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Gulf Coast J (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Look, what is going on in Zimbabwe is beyond the realm of land reform... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Yeah. According to Stiglitz, equitable distribution of land is the only |
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Gulf Coast J (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:28 AM Original message |
That doesn't mean that Mugabe isn't a brutal thug... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
121. Everybody loved Mugabe until he started reforming land ownership in... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #107 |
116. CBC report on Zimbabwean land reform |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. Yes. Mugabe placated West with half-measures and false starts for years. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:32 AM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Indeed. No American need discuss it |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
138. my point exactly....WE are hardly in a f'ng position |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. Since I'm not an American |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #138 |
150. I also find it interesting |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #138 |
167. I didn't know Ukranians were "BROWN and BLACK" |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Compare the Amnesty reports for the 3 countries |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
137. you forgot the USA...that is the comparsion |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #137 |
145. AP was saying Zimbabwe is the same |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. I'm saying it's the same battle: wealth redistribution vs wealth .... |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. British stirring up things in Mugabe's cabinet |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Thank you for saying this. It's pretty much how I feel. Mugabe is a bad |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
164. Thanks Lapislzi |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. "How to Kill a Country" |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. The is all pro-imperialist crap. |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. Are you motherbiting kidding me? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:28 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. The point is that Mugabe is pretending that |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. It's not a land grab. Both sides agreed the land would be returned 20 ... |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
75. Ask yourself: has there been ANY international support |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:52 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Actually, his land reform has gone way smoother than one should |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:00 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Again, you can look to the British press |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. The British loved Mugabe for a long time. Ian Smith lives on a huge |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. Every man got a right to decide his own destiny |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. get the fuck outta here...how is the hell can the dimwit |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. maybe, but he sure has Dubya's number! |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. dumbya is the dimwit |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. Here's some reading on Mugabe: |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:20 AM Response to Reply #65 |
112. Any reason this is being ignored? |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
134. To answer your question |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. I'd just like him locked up |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #135 |
136. But the land reform is the reason there is resistance to Mugabe in the ... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. It's the other way round |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. IIRC, MDC was formed after the land reform program looked like |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. Human Rights Watch history |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. The key part: |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
66. dupe, this is happening a lot with my connection. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
77. I am simply stunned at what I am hearing here. |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:05 AM Response to Reply #77 |
81. but but but |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #81 |
92. Indeed. Some probably don't think Mao was that bad. |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #81 |
159. This actually works for you? See colors much? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. Your posts kick ass. |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. Damn. You're not only hired but.. uh.. name your salary & benefits! n/t |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #165 |
169. Thanks to both of you |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. I don't see anyone defending Mugabe. But I'm calling this like it is: |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #82 |
89. He's killed rival opposition leaders. |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #89 |
98. Wellstone? Kennedy? Malcolm X? Martin Luther King? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. That's part of Stiglitz's argument in The Roaring 90s. |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Just like Haiti, Venezuela or Cuba |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
140. absolutely...and amazingly, people who should know better |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
141. absolutely...and amazingly, people who should know better |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Land reform is probably working. |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Here's a deal |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Notice who Amnesty cites for most of its information. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. There were more than five posted from Human Rights Watch. |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #91 |
132. Well, that's pretty convincing |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. The US tried to use Amnesty reports to justify invasion of Iraq and... |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
84. 2003 Amnesty International Report on Zimbabwe |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Compare that to repression and electoral fraud in Nigeria and tell me |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. sheesh |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. The ONLY reason the US opposes Mugabe is because of corporate profits |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
85. Human Rights Report on "Land Reform" |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. It has been a 20 year process. I don't know how they can call it fast... |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
95. Thanks. Ok- I have a pretty clear picture now. Black people can't govern |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. no, it's |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #97 |
100. We're talking about politics and economics more than race. |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Ah cause there's no racism on file? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #102 |
103. In 1993 or so, I distinctly remember a NYTimes reporter (a woman with |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #97 |
144. what about you president? perhaps y'all need to |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
108. Well, well, well... Seems Bush is VERY busy now: Zimbabwe seizes US plane |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Holy fucking shit. I'm laughing right now, but this really isn't funny. |
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LoneStarLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. Aristide and Mugabe Are Very Different |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #113 |
114. That's interesting. Name a post-colonial economy that's working. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:57 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Malaysia? Singapore? Botswana? (n/t) |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. Malaysia, because they reject neoliberalism. Botswana because it was |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. They may very well be different |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Would leaving Zimbabwe alone be a good idea? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
124. Tony Blair gave them food aid to help them through the drought. |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. I think before we start meddling in other countries, we need to reform |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. As Blair did with food aid to Zimb., I don't mind "meddling" in order to |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #108 |
118. Aaaaaaaah |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:30 PM Response to Reply #108 |
120. Repost from LBN: 2 quick points. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. If you'd seen The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, you wouldn't hold your |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #125 |
151. You can't base your entire argument on one documentary. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. I certainly can base an opinion on CNN based on what I saw CNN do in that |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. Still, your not going to require independent verification of this. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. I don't know about CNN, but the BBC is reporting on it. So, looks like it |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. I'm not sure yet. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Reuters reported the ID number, and traced it back to a plane once owned |
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hellhathnofury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Well...you need to read a little closer... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Yeah, we'll see where this goes. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #108 |
130. 64 mercenaries? |
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windowlicker (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
129. About Zimbabwe |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:46 PM Response to Reply #129 |
166. Welcome to DU Windowlicker |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. Bush is most worried about the example Zimbabwe will set if they start |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
143. good for him: americans, expecially bush, have no moral authority |
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Undemcided (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-11-04 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
170. Mugabe is running that country into the ground. |
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