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....The Africans need to develop their own economic frameworks to create sustainable development There is nothing wrong with renaming the country Zimbabwe. I just had to clarify it because I was distinguishing Rhodesia from Zimbabwe. Some people don't know that it's the exact same country, that's all.Machiavelli2 wrote:Mailman
I do agree your analysis of Mugabe as a corrupt dictator who successfully managed to turn Zimbabwe from a food exporting nation into a food aid recipient. However, you could articulate your point very well without using colourful words like Addoon. Changing the country's name from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe was the right thing to do as Rhodes was a ruthless white colonialist who named the country after himself. Oxford University offers a Rhodes Scholar post graduate scholarship named after him. No one here would accept Somalia to be called after one of the colonial masters. Did you know the Italians named some towns in Somalia after their wives? Jamaame was called Margarita after the colonial governor's wife.
What are you talking about? Botswana has a free-market capitalism system! They've had this system for decades now, and they're doing far better than any of their neighborsSTARKAST wrote:Botswana is only 2 million and has a type of autocracy. However i will accept Botswana is superior to most nations. But you have to understand they are developing via neo colonialism.
OD well thats not what zimbabweans say to me over here......they want him out. His only real achievement was the booting out of the foreign white capitalists.
Warya, genocidal autocrats and dictators have existed in Africa and Asia since the beginning of time. What the hell does this have anything to do with the West? Why do you always blame the West for everything?original dervish wrote:Starkast.......I hear the same bellyaching from Zimbabweans here too.
Just like the Libyans...Iraqi's and Syrians....these folk are drunk on western democracy cool aid.
They wanna believe the west cares about them.....if they only knew the truth.
I asked you a simple question and you can't even answer it. You're intellectually bankrupt saaxib.original dervish wrote:Before you embarrass yourself any further.....I'd suggest a little background reading.
Try typing Colonialism/Neocolonialism into your search engine.
They are doing better due to mining companies? Saaxib, all African countries have bountiful resources. So why is Botswana doing so much better than other countries. Well for one reason, the Botswana people are homogeneous ethnically. They speak the same language and have the same culture. I understand that.STARKAST wrote:Mali man read this - also the current president is the son of the last. They are doing better due to mining companies based in the west. However i will congratulate them on their peace and standard of living. Also made you the defender of Botswana ?
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-11-02-00-k ... colleagues
OD i agree with you regarding those confused nationalities in the west however Mugabe isn't the great man you purport him to be. However i do respect his defiance to the west and that hes reached age 91.
