By: a fool

a fool — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:25:21 +0000

Jamaica hailed him, Bob Marley performed at the Independence celebrations, Ja. Gov. Ministers had him up there...and then...
in the late 90s things began to change and by 2000 he was in
the mode of Stalin et. al. It's not just power, it's money,
it is corruption. And as long as he is alive he can not afford
to step down. When he's dead, the millions he robbed will be
revealed.

By: papabear

papabear — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:48:28 +0000

I met Mugabe in Zim in the 1990’s while there for a month. I traveled with my wife and son. We traveled through many parts of the country. Sometimes we traveled with friends, sometimes just the 3 of us. We stayed many different palces, some times private homes, and got to know many differnt people. Most of thse we got to know are dead or fled the country. EWe still hear from a few of them. The impression people back then at Magabe;s beiginning and middle terms was that he wanted to be like Jompo Kenyatta. [ a father to his people]. Having spoken with him then and many others I think he really did feel that way. It was going to be ‘ his way or none though’. I think he climbed upon the tiger’s back. Having political opponents harrassed , beaten up and jailed is old politics in Africa as it is in many places. Putting ‘ friends and family’ in positions of power and giving them the ability and seeming blessing to make money as they chose is also part of the ‘ time accepted’ package of newly gained power. When some seemed to really threaten his position but more so of those people surrounding him including his family members and a covy of close friends and syncophants then murder became ‘ acceptable’ and then all bets were off. Ride the tiger [ all of them not just him] or fall off and be eaten. So it stands today.

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