Zimbabwe: Quietly, unnoticed by the rest of the world, a madman in Zimbabwe is turning one of the most fertile pieces of earth into a wasteland by evicting many of the farmers. People are dying, either from hunger or from torture. This would be an instance where I would actually approve of outside interference. Of course, there is none. They have no oil and no vital mining products so they dont awaken the 'humanitarian' instincts in the US/UK. It is this kind of start hypocrisy that almost makes me choke when people tell me they are liberating Iraq from a horrific dictator. Of course, Saddam & Co have done terrible things and should be put before an international tribunal but when you add it all up, it pales in comparison with what is happening in Zimbabwe. It pales! Latest estimates by the UN are that 7 million people in Zimbabwe face starvation. What do we do? We watch bombs raining down on Baghdad in an impotent rage and ignore something we could do something about: something that would actually save millions of lives!

Oh, oh, I lie… the British were planning on going over there couple of months ago, despite protests… to play cricket! They only ducked out because of security fears...

Zimbabwe does not play cricket...hats off to Zimbabwe batsman Andy Flower and his team-mate Henry Olonga!



By the way, I would not approve of US/UK military intervention in Zimbabwe any more than I do in any other country. We have many very effective non-violent tools to our disposal and hardly ever use it - and when we do, we do not use them well.