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(HERALD) Bush — A president Zim, world won’t miss

Bush — A president Zim, world won’t miss
Assistant News Editor Isdore Guvamombe

UNITED States President George W. Bush leaves office a few days from now with blood dripping from his hands and it is a trite but true observation that the dead and the living but downtrodden people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Zimbabwe and all over the world will not miss him. Bush leaves as the cruelest of modern-day world leaders.

One simply has to look at the state of Iraq today, or the evil he has perpetuated in the DRC, Palestine and Lebanon with the Rwandese and Israelis fronting for him.

There is also the case of Afghanistan, which he has robbed of an opportunity of conducting its affairs in a normal manner any time soon.

Zimbabweans, too, will remember Bush as the man who instigated widespread economic ruin in their country through the promulgation of a malevolent sanctions regime.

Today, all Zimbabweans — men, women and children — are reeling from agonising and dehumanising sanctions, tailor-made by the British and reinforced by Bush to punish President Mugabe for his steadfast refusal to sub-contract the advancement of the people to the evil whims of Bush, Blair, Brown and other heartless Western imperialists.

Bush leaves office after making monumental political killings that epitomise him as a bloody war criminal deserving a berth at the International Criminal Court.

But, of course, the US will not allow the world to drag their warmonger to The Hague like was done with Charles Taylor.

If the world had an iota of fairness and justice, Bush would certainly be a good candidate for the ICC where he would face trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

But this world is disgustingly unfair.

Just who committed more crimes, Bush or Taylor?

Just who killed many Iraqis, Bush or Saddam Hussein?

Which modern-day President hanged another president besides Bush?

Just when can the world start telling the truth?

Just when can the world see that most, if not all, major problems it faces today have a lot to do with British and US attitudes, especially their unquenchable thirst for the world’s natural resources?

Whoever has tried to control the natural resources of his country against British and American interests has been quickly labeled undemocratic and a dictator.

President Mugabe is a case in point, so is Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Evo Morales of Bolivia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and many others in the time of Bush’s occupancy of the White House.

Picture this: Zimbabwe has a cholera outbreak and the British and Americans moot military intervention.

Hardly two weeks after America and Britain are blocked by sane Russia, China, South Africa and other progressive countries from pushing for military intervention in Zimbabwe, Israel pounds Palestinians like one pounding fodder.

America and Britain say nothing about military intervention to stop Israel and only raise mere concern at the level of violence employed.

This is hypocrisy of the highest order.

Today the ordinary Zimbabwean is suffering because of the illegal sanctions which stemmed from an attempt to internationalise a purely bilateral conflict between a shameless colonial master, Britain, and Zimbabwe.

It is, however, not a new fact as generation after generation of Americans and Britons never respected black Zimbabweans as did Russia and China who supported the country’s liberation movements and have stood for justice up to today.

Russia has asked for the Western-supported opposition MDC-T to be more flexible and reasonable in its approach if it wants to be respected as a truly Zimbabwean political party.

China has made it clear that they will not interfere in our domestic affairs and that it is up to Zimbabweans to determine their destiny.

South Africa has played a sterling role in bringing the main political parties to talk while at the same time ensuring Westerners do not unduly meddle in our internal matters.

It is the support given by these countries that has weakened American and British attempts to bring Zimbabwe to its knees.

Zimbabwe has had a great relationship with Russia and China from the days of the liberation struggle and they understand that Zimbabwe is still waging a battle to be completely free to determine its own destiny as it sees best.

Zimbabwe should not rest on its laurels, though, and much should be done to ensure that the support of these countries remains guaranteed going into an unknown future with a man called Barack Obama in the White House.

It was, therefore, pleasing to note that the ruling Zanu-PF’s National People’s Conference in Bindura late last year instructed Government to recognise the statehood of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

That move will certainly bring Zimbabwe and Russia closer because Moscow is the prime backer of the independence of these two territories. Just last week, the Arab League described Western involvement in Zimbabwe as "demonic imperialism" and blamed America and Britain for the economic and political situation prevailing in the country.

The Middle East bloc is decidedly against America and Britain, and the unfolding events in that region and hardening positions against any pro-West political formations should be used by Harare to maximum effect.

Across Africa, the West’s continued meddling in Zimbabwe’s domestic affairs has irked revolutionary parties and radicalised Sadc so much and Zimbabwe should take full advantage of the blunders of the West to press on to their goal of total independence.

Bush leaves office a thoroughly beaten man.

The rest of the world is left with the challenge of unraveling the mess that he created in his eight years in office.

Hopefully, the world will not let Bush retreat to his ranch in Texas but will demand that justice be done for all the atrocities he has sanctioned all over the world.

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posted by MrK @ 8:21 PM