Bag's Rants

We are condoning this activity.

Maybe it is just me but I've never been one for continuing down a path that looks like it was a wrong choice. I was reading this article about Zimbabwe in meltdown where the author talks about the aid being offered is not acceptable and we need to do more. In the meantime their leader, who is very fortunate to run a country that does not have oil, is living in a nice lifestyle while his countrymen starve.

A government spokesman goes on to say 'it is in no way punishing the government, to not help women and children in great need' and it was agreed, between the spokesman and the author, that the international community should do more to meet humanitarian needs in Zimbabwe. What a surprise.

Well, my view is much simpler. We don't provide any aid to them at all and make it plain that we won't do so while the current Government is in place. Let the country vote and if they vote these guys back in then fine they have made their choice. At the moment by aiding this Government we are in fact supporting this activity of oppression. We have it in our power to tip the balance. We need to use that power to send a signal to the world that this sort of oppression will not be aided by us. We will put up with it under certain circumstances. For example. An oppressive Government can exist when the have the power to start WWIII, The US, China and NK for example. We will whine and complain but no action. Or, if the country has no value, either literally or strategically, such as Zimbabwe again we will whine but let's not spend any money sorting it out.

Perhaps if we supplied them with weapons instead. You know, for hunting, wink wink. They may be able to sort out their own troubles.

posted by Bag @ 11:42 am