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(HERALD) Don’t dismiss Brown’s letter

Don’t dismiss Brown’s letter

EDITOR — The letter you published in The Herald (Thursday April 17, 2008), written by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, should not be dismissed. Zimbabweans have a tendency to dismiss evidence staring them right in the face. The issue of the illegal sanctions imposed by the West is one such example. We seem to have a very naive and simplistic readership that questions everything written by its own people and tends to embrace everything written in Western newspapers.

After you published last year, Brown’s letter to the British Law Society pledging more money for regime change in Zimbabwe, I no longer dismiss anything at face value anymore. After Simon Mann’s confessions that the British establishment was bent on destabilising the African continent, I certainly believe President Mugabe that the British are seeking regime change in Zimbabwe.

What more evidence do Zimbabweans want of foreign fiddling in their politics?

The professional team at The Herald would not spend hours forging a document, which they know could put their reputation at risk.

If it is not authentic, why does Brown’s office not make an official statement as to its lack of authenticity?

Channel 4 News in the UK on Tuesday published documents which they said they had intercepted which, they said, showed a pact between the South African government and Zimbabwe.

They said the documents explained President Mbeki’s "quiet diplomacy" stance towards Zimbabwe. They said the documents were authentic and Zimbabwean private Press believed them. Why can’t they believe what is in The Herald?

I can only conclude that it’s naivety and myopia, and that should not distract the Government and progressive Zimbabweans from taking the documents seriously.

The MDC has proven to be working with external agents for regime change, and that’s a fact.

Prince Kahari.

London.

Labels: GORDON BROWN, NEOCOLONIALISM

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