A couple of months back the excitement was palpable, well it was for me. Yet no-one else seemed that bothered at the revolution that was taking place. Robert Mugabe was defeated. One tyrant down. No-one including me was so naive to think that Robert Mugabe would go without a fuss, yet the pressure to go seemed overwhelming. Yet quietly and without (relatively speaking) fuss, he managed to keep hold of his grip on power. He let the waters settle but managed to stay in the race on a legal technicality (alright.. his opponent didn't have enough to defeat him but still)!
Then quietly and without much international fuss he starts to murder people and drive others out of their homes right in the pubic eye. And now the opposition party has pulled out (citing unfree and unfair elections), Mugabe gets to be upset that the average Zimbabwean is deprived of his/her vote. And what happens... China, Russia and South Africa for the first time agree to a non-binding, watered down resolution. As if Mugabe could care about a UN resolution, economic sanctions (he's not affected or not being part of the commonwealth (I'm sure his loyalty to the queen is minimal).
Maybe I should write a letter to my MP and get an emphatic statement read in parliament. Or maybe I should get depressed about the state of the world and be apathetic and think about me. Or maybe just pray. Of course my real instinct is to blat him. Wipe him out. Diplomacy is great and all but that only works with someone who gives a damn. What possible advantage does he get from it? But violence, is that the answer... if you wipe out one dictator there are ten more to take his place. And what does that say about the rule of law?
It's an easy life for tyrants. Maybe I should consider my future career prospects. Hmm
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