Richard Dowden Laments the Robert Mugabe Problem
Director, Royal African Society
Richard Dowden says Mugabe will not bow from power if only to spite the West.
March 30, 2009 | In World
Director, Royal African Society
Richard Dowden says Mugabe will not bow from power if only to spite the West.
March 30, 2009 | In World
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Jacoline Loewen on April 12, 2009, 8:48 PM
Who financed Robert Mugabe? That will tell you what happens next.
Richard, you have great compassion and you are touched by Zimbabwe.
Mugabe was educated by Jesuits and was recognized to be intelligent. Was he evil early on or only later in his career? He was a military leader and he used mutilation of Shona farm workers to force co-operation. The controlled use of violence is a powerful way to gain power and Mugabe used violence and fear before he even gained power.
Richard, I can see you are a very thoughtful and respectful commentator and you want to see the best in people.
I wonder what the Jesuits who taught Mugabe would say about the young boy?
I think Mugabe has thought of himself and not of his people or nation. Now the chickens have coe home to roost. His war campaign was rumoured to be funded by the Chinese and there are murmurs of him retiring in Hong Kong.
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