Zimbabwe ex-President Robert Mugabe dies aged 95

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Zimbabwe ex-President Robert Mugabe dies aged 95

30 years earlier would have been better.

 

He might have been remembered better then.

 

As it stands he will always be known as a brutal dictator who destroyed his country.

 

Not going to be missed.

Edited September 6, 2019 by Bluespunk

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Crazy Black racist dies, would be a better headline

No it wouldn't.

[spiekerjozef]

The only one who could turn around the brexit, no more hope now!

[soalbundy]

About time too !

[steven100]

I'll think of him when I take my next poop  …. 

Edited September 6, 2019 by steven100

[legend49]

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

A shame this day didn't come significantly sooner. One of the worst rulers of the last 100 years, and I am sure cause for much celebration in Zimbabwe, sad as it is to see someones death being a happy event, rather than a sad one..

Pity he didnt take his wife Grace with him; she is the worst of the 2.

[yogi100]

44 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Power corrupts - and he was a very good example of that adage. Became increasingly corrupt, enriching himself and his family and putting himself above the law whilst strangling democracy by crushing opponents, critics and fiddling elections. His widow is of the same mold and they did well to block her crude attempt to seize power.

 

That's Africa.

 

The land of corruption, rape, violence and murder.

[Jimbo2014]

And he leaves behind what was once a promising country in complete tatters - I hope they spit on his corpse and throw it in the ocean for the fish to eat.  At last he can finally do something worthwhile.

[4675636b596f75]

2 hours ago, thaiflyer1 said:

I was there in 1973 at boarding school when Ian Smith was ousted along with all the farmers who had built the economy up over the years.........it was a beautiful country that went to ruin

 

What happened?  Did they have a TM30 too?

[Benmart]

Another despot religated to a growing list of failed humans.

[ThaiBunny]

5 minutes ago, Benmart said:

Another despot religated to a growing list of failed humans.

On the other hand maybe he could spell relegated

[ThaiFelix]

2 hours ago, Cadbury said:

I'll drink to that.

It was Malcolm Fraser an Australian Prime Minister who played a big part in having Mugabe installed in power in Zimbabwe. 

He said to Mugabe at the time.... “I am confident that under your leadership Zimbabwe will make great progress in achieving your goals of peace, prosperity and unity.”

Mugabe was to become one of modern history’s most reviled and deranged dictators.

Fraser apparently realised later what a mistake he had made. but the damage had been done.

 

 

 

Yeah but Fraser got his when his hooker stole his trousers from his hotel room hahaha

[ThaiFelix]

1 hour ago, yogi100 said:

 

That's Africa.

 

The land of corruption, rape, violence and murder.

Yes unfortunately they learned a lot from their colonial oppressors!!

 

[RJRS1301]

Death came 40 years too late

Will all his ill acquired assets now be confiscated and used for those he tortured, and imprisoned? 

[jesimps]

Joy!

[owenm]

And I wonder where is the missing hundreds of millions of dollars, USD and not the worthless Zimbabwe dollars, that must be hidden in a few offshore tax free havens?? 

 

The corruption of the man and stealth theft from the country, who caused massive food shortages and starvation to his own people.. 

[RickBradford]

Expect a conga line of fawning tributes from the "progressive" media about this evil dictator who managed to utterly ruin an entire country, with no remorse whatever.

 

Edit:

I see that the BBC (who else), has started the ball rolling by calling him "courageous", having led an "epic life" and being a "skilled negotiator".

 

Well, with thugs prepared to crack open the heads of anyone who disagrees, I expect it's not too difficult to get your own way in negotiations. He could probably still win an overwhelming majority in an election, with the usual tactics.

Edited September 6, 2019 by RickBradford

[Sydebolle]

The world just became a better place, extremely good riddance of this crook-in-chief. Never saw the bench and tens of thousands perished under his genocide rulership - apart from all those white farmers, who lost their entire properties while their workers ultimately lost their jobs. 

Good luck to Zimbabwe and the Zimbabweans, never forget, while it was Rhodesia it was not place as bad as Zimbabwe. 

Next to keep an eye on is his lovely Madame, Grace the super crook! Hope she jumps into the coffin soonest possible as well! 

[sunnyboy2018]

I remember when he used North Korean Death Squads to kill his rivals and Nukrumuh's supporters in Matebele land. A corrupt  ineffective muderous dictator. The country was better off governed by the British.

[oldhippy]

6 hours ago, yogi100 said:

He was the founding father of Zimbabwe. To adjust the ruling order in an African country requires drastic measures and he was not shy about adopting such measures.

 

He simply stood up for his own people in their own country and many of them loved him for it although the white farmers and white residents certainly had enough reason not to have done so.

 

None of the native population were ever consulted on the subject of white settlers in their country let alone living under white rule.

 

The Rhodesia/Zimbabwe experience was never going to be a great advert for a multicultural society especially when liberals poked their noses in allowing native Africans to gain the upper hand.

 

South Africa is said not to be great place either. South Africa has around 20,000 murders a year which is over 50 a day. Thousands of farmers have been killed down there. Hundreds have met a similar fate in Zimbabwe. Little wonder there are food shortages.

 

The West imposing sanctions did not help either.

 

 

He started as a freedom fighter, got to power, next became obsessed by power.

This is the story of POWER.

Taking away the power of previous rulers and handing it to new rulers changes nothing.

And no, I did not invent that theory, it goes back to the 18th century.

 

[metisdead]

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[evadgib]

The official response from UK:

FCO statement following the death of Robert Mugabe

[TPI]

At last!, good news from Singapore "The place Dictators go to die!" The fires of hell cannot be hot enough for Mugabe!

 

[Knee Jerk Reaction]

I was born into a farming family in eastern Rhodesia in early 1960, and served 2 years national service in the Rhodesian Army as a teenager throughout 1978 and 1979. The internal settlement of 1978 whereby Bishop Abel Muzorewa became PM of the country was the best solution. ZANU was barred from the election then and the tribes people in the Tribal Trust Lands were protected by the security forces from intimidation. The turn out was extremely high because of the security offered. The UN, the UK and the US refused to accept the result because ZANU had been barred. ZANU's military wing ZANLA, buoyed by western support, upped the tempo of the war even higher. The battleground was rural Rhodesia and ZANLA's targets were the white farming community, and the innocent black population caught up in the middle in the Tribal Trust Lands. ZANLA killed far far more innocent blacks than it did members of the white population. ZANLA was a poorly trained, highly politically indoctrinated opponent and about 80% of them that entered Rhodesia were killed by the security forces, most of them by the RLI and RAR small airborne Fire Forces directed to contacts by Selous Scouts hidden up in observation posts. Thousands of ZANLA and Nkomo's ZIPRA were also killed in camps in Mocambique and Zambia. Margaret Thatcher and the British Conservatives had promised to support the internal settlement if they were voted into government. They reneged on the promise when they came to power. By the end of 1979 sanctions had taken too much of a toll and the Lancaster House Treaty was reached and elections set for early 1980 following the ceasefire. Mugabe sent young camp followers instead of ZANLA guerrilas to the holding areas, thereby breaking an agreement of non intimidation. The armed guerrilas instead entered the Tribal Trust Lands and brutalised the innocent blacks into voting for Mugabe. The British Government was informed of the situation but chose to ignore it. Mugabe won the election and he and his inner circle embarked on a program of implementing a Marxist agenda, the result of which we see today. The war was a tactical victory but a strategic loss for the Rhodesian Army. Ground could not be held because of the chronic manpower shortage. Mugabe himself said he 'didn't win a military victory but won a political one, a compromise'. It's worth remembering that 80% of the Rhodesian Army was made up of highly trained black volunteers, many of whose forefathers had served the Allies in WW1 and WW2. Andrew Young who was the United State's ambassador to the UN described Mugabe as an incorruptible fellow. He got that wrong. In 2000 Mugabe won the jackpot in the Zimbabwe Lottery. I left for the UK in 1980 for further education and became a British Citizen. In 1986 I arrived in Thailand on a temporary work assignment, met my wife and stayed. Zimbabwe could have been the most successful black governed country in Africa. The new president is proving to be even worse than Mugabe.

[Tug]

Good hope he suffered!

[tomazbodner]

The ground was shaking yesterday... must have been one hell of a party in Hell for this highly anticipated arrival...

[tomazbodner]

9 hours ago, evadgib said:

The official response from UK:

FCO statement following the death of Robert Mugabe

Amazing response! Trying not to offend anyone but likely offending everyone. Who wrote that? Boris Johnson?

[Jack100]

Understand some of the ultra luxury  Asian shopping centres are in shock !

[Stargeezr]

Yes another soulless  man has died,  just like Idi Amin, hope they

get to say Hi,, In Hell.,.

Geezer