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Article: Moral behind Mugabe.(Correction, Please!)(Robert Mugabe)(Viewpoint essay)
- Article from:
- The New American
- Article date:
- August 4, 2008
- Author:
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ITEM: On June 23, Time magazine reported on the elections in Zimbabwe: "The world has greeted Mugabe's victory with outrage. There are moves to impose U.N. Security Council sanctions against Zimbabwe and pressure African governments to turn the screws on their neighbor and his junta--an option they must weigh against the likely consequence of an even greater influx of Zimbabwean refugees into surrounding countries....
"Rather than an opportunity to unseat Mugabe, the 2008 election may turn out to have been a chance for him to identify his opponents and unleash his forces oil them....
"So what is Zimbabwe's future? The small elite around Mugabe will ...