Here's why: Zimbabwe to be U.S. AfriKom Base
"UN Security Council: fair Zimbabwe poll impossible"
"UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed to take its first formal action on Zimbabwe by condemning violence against the opposition and ruling that a free and fair presidential run-off was impossible.
The council -- including South Africa, China and Russia, all previously long opposed to discussion on Zimbabwe -- made its decision on Monday, hours after the Netherlands said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had taken refuge in its Harare embassy....
"The Security Council condemns the campaign of violence against the political opposition ahead of the second round of the Presidential elections scheduled for 27 June, which has resulted in the killing of scores of opposition activists and other Zimbabweans and the beating and displacement of thousands of people, including many women and children," the 15-nation body said in its non-binding statement....
The council "notes that the results of the (March 29 elections) must be respected."
Yes, a fraudulent and stolen election must be respected.
Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change said police raided its Harare offices and took away more than 60 victims of violence sheltering there, including women and children....
The political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe has sent millions of refugees flooding into neighbouring countries. Mugabe has presided over a slide into economic chaos, including 80 percent unemployment and the world's highest inflation rate of at least 165,000 percent."
Yes, please, these people need help.
Seeing as the U.N. is once again toothless, who can help out the Zimbabweans?
And why does this get cut when I'm looking right at it?
Former colonial power Britain said Mugabe must be declared an illegitimate leaders and sanctions should be stiffened against his inner circle, which Prime Minister Gordon Brown called "a criminal and discredited cabal." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said even if the run-off went ahead it would not legitimize Mugabe's government."
So, WHAT ABOUT BUSH and HIS CABAL (one of whom just amde a comment about legitimacy)?
Also see: Stolen Elections (Part 1)
And if that doesn't work, what is next, Gordo?
"Military intervention in Zimbabwe would be justified to stop the violence there deteriorating into mass slaughter, Paddy Ashdown told The Times last night....
In that case, international military action, with Britain playing a "delicate role", would have to be considered.... The Times has learnt that the Ministry of Defence already has two contingency plans, one involving the deployment of troops into Zimbabwe....
Lord Malloch-Brown, the Foreign Office Minister, said that military action was “not a plausible course” and “would not enjoy international support”.
....The Government would also review British companies doing business in Zimbabwe. The four remaining major UK companies in the country are British American Tobacco (BAT), Barclays Bank and the miners Rio Tinto and Anglo American."
Kind of puts the FRAUD to the WHOLE THING, doesn't it?
