The Disastrous Mr. Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has spent much of his 26-plus years in power suppressing all opposition, persecuting defenseless minorities and destroying a once

-promising economy. He has shamelessly tried to deflect all blame for the disastrous consequences — including a man-made famine and a catastrophically mishandled

H.I.V./AIDS epidemic — onto international scapegoats, chiefly Britain and the

United States.

Now, the 83-year-old Mr. Mugabe seems to have descended into total power-madness.

He has barred opponents from leaving the country, ordered his thugs to literally crack the

skulls of opposition leaders, accused his own party’s youth group of plotting against him,

and told Western critics to “go hang.” Last week, he threatened to run again in 2008 for

another six-year term.

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~Why is the NYT upset?

After all, he's a socialist who liberated his country, didnt he?
I guess maybe theyre worried the impending holocaust over there will make them look
bad for all their previous years of cheerleading this despot. Only when things go to hell
in a handbasket do they "find religion". I guess timing is everything.The sad thing about this is Mugabe's rule is more proof that Africa's greatest curse is her own leaders.