There is growing regional and international pressure for an arms embargo to be placed on Zimbabwe, until a legitimate government is in place. This is mainly because of the Chinese arms ship that was turned away from South Africa last week.
A High Court order sought by pressure groups in Durban barred its transit overland to Zimbabwe, while trade unions in the region urged their members to refuse to unload it. Campaigners are arguing that presidential election results have still not been announced 25 days after the elections and as such any arms shipments are likely to be used for internal repression.
On Wednesday the new Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, called on the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Zimbabwe.
Short of pleading for miraculous intervention by God in this situation (and we should probably pray for this as well), I think this is about the best measure we can adopt in response to a very ugly situation.
Having just visited the country a few days ago, I must say that my heart cries for the people. Food is short, and the sanctions are only hurting the people they pretend to help. In the little town of Victoria Falls, the streets were plastered with posters of the opposition figures. Not one of Mugabe was in sight. Of course VF is a Ndebele area while Mugabe is of the Shona tribe.
The people in the little art stalls tried to trade the clothes off my back to help clothe their families. The experience was heart-rending.
old news – it’s Bush’s fault
http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/U/US_ZIMBABWE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME
#3, Not sure what you’re saying is “Bush’s fault.”
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Ah. I see. I was at the point of unleashing a salvo when it occurred to me that, perhaps, it was tongue-in-cheek. Glad to hear it was.