Leftist and Bush hypocrisy
One tragedy you will rarely hear of is the continuing saga of Zimbabwe's implosion at the hands of tyrant Robert Mugabe. The dark continent has its great deal of admirers, people in the Peace Corps and all sorts of relief missions, and Christian do-gooders, but for those who took the very real and very productive step of colonizing parts of Africa and starting farms to feed the masses, they are paid with brutality.Will the mainstream media cover this? Will the attention of the government ever turn to Zimbabwe and Mugabe? Why would Mugabe want 3 million rounds of ammunition? Would Hollywood ever make a political movie about problems in Africa that don't relate to apartheid? Will anyone have the courage to ask if perhaps Rhodesia was a better state than Zimbabwe? Will the starvation caused by the destruction of these white farms cause some to question whether the problems in Africa are rooted in something other than colonialism and vague generic racism? Will Michigan State ever revoke their honorary degree to Mugabe?
How many missionaries would it take to bring stability to Zimbabwe? How many Peace Corps volunteers? How much aid would cause this violence to end?
And if those are not the answers, if you think those are straw men, then tell me whether our approach to Africa is meaningful other than to give people some sick pleasure that we're "helping" in some vague ambiguous way. Africa needs a noble tyrant to give it stability, peace and prosperity.
And where's our President on this? Blandly talking about not recognizing Mugabe's fake elections, and entertaining the idea of more sanctions. The leadership vacuum is deafening. If this were Darfur, we'd have riots on campuses, but when the victims don't fit the right narrative, all the moral outrage evaporates.
Labels: Africa, African aid, policy, racism
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