Mugabe Spokesman: West "Can Go Hang"

Zimbabwe's President Remains Defiant; Spokesman Flatly Denies Any Chance Of Power-Sharing

(CBS/AP)  President Robert Mugabe's spokesman spoke defiantly Tuesday at a summit of the Zimbabwe leader's peers, dismissing Western criticism that the longtime statesman should be pressured into stepping down.

"They can go hang. They can go and hang a thousand times," Mugabe spokesman George Charamba said in response to Western pressure.

The United States, Britain and other European countries have widely condemned Mugabe's runoff victory in which he was the sole candidate, calling the vote a sham.

But at the African Union summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, African leaders have been unwilling to publicly criticize Mugabe, and instead are gently pushing behind the scenes that he accept some sort of power-sharing agreement with Zimbabwe's opposition.

Charamba, however, sounded resistant to proposals about sharing power. Some African leaders have expressed frustration that more was not being done to pressure Mugabe.

Charamba denied to reporters that Mugabe would relinquish any power.

"Isn't that an odd question. He's a few days into office and you expect him to retire, do you? ... Five days have expired, not even a week after ... Why is the issue of the retirement of the president of Zimbabwe such an obsession for the West?" he said.

"He has come here as president of Zimbabwe and he will go home as president of Zimbabwe, and when you visit Zimbabwe he will be there as the president of all the people of Zimbabwe," Charamba told reporters.

During public speeches at the summit's opening Monday, most AU leaders spoke of the "challenges" Zimbabwe is facing and none said anything harsh about Mugabe.

But Jendayi Frazer, the assistant U.S. secretary of state for African affairs, said she believed that in private, the leaders were going to "have very, very strong words for him."

Key African leaders have long had close ties to Mugabe, renowned as a campaigner against white rule and colonialism. They are also reluctant to be seen as backing the West - former colonial rulers - against a fellow African.

Criticism, meanwhile, from the U.S. and Europe has only mounted against Mugabe.

The U.S. is pushing for more financial and travel sanctions against Mugabe supporters and is urging the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the African Union to reject the result of the runoff, and France says it considers Mugabe's government "illegitimate."

Charamba, however, demanded that Zimbabwe be left to determine its own future.

"The way out is the way defined by the Zimbabwe people free from outside interference, and that is exactly what will resolve the matter," he said.

Meanwhile, Egyptian security ramped up restrictions Tuesday on journalists covering the summit after a British TV crew got into a verbal exchange with Mugabe the previous day. Many reporters were not allowed to leave the press area.

The confrontation began when British network ITN approached Mugabe outside the conference hall and asked how he could regard himself as president. The Zimbabwean leader responded that it was on the same basis as Brown's being the British prime minister.

Mugabe then said the reporter asked "stupid questions." TV footage showed Mugabe's guards pushing the reporter away.

[rushlimpdrug]

This leader has a lot to be proud of
including:

1. He is a black leader;

2. He is leading a black nation;

3. He is not a slave;

4. He is in Africa;

5. He is sticking it to the man;

6. He is the man.

[terrorislamj]

LEFT WINGNUT KOOL AID DRINKING BARKING MOONBATS LEAD THE CHORUS OF USEFUL IDIOTS,,,

"Zimbabwe: Leftists to blame for Robert Mugabe''''s blood-letting"

"...So it is infuriating to hear some Leftists and liberals saying, through the teeth of their post-imperial guilt, that perhaps an armed intervention is the only way to rid the world of this brute. Had this been done years ago, when they took the opposite view, how many lives might have been saved? How many productive people, black and white, would have felt able to stay in Zimbabwe, rather than flee with their talents abroad? Would it still be a country with a life expectancy in the low thirties, something not heard of in Europe since the early Middle Ages? How proud does the Left, with its stupidly romantic notions of the inviolate nature of "black freedom fighters", feel about what it has so ably helped Mugabe achieve?"
http://crusader-rabbit.blogspot.com/2008/06/zimbabwe-leftists-to-blame-for-robert.html

[terrorislamj]

LEFT WINGNUT KOOL AID DRINKING BARKING MOONBATS LEAD THE CHORUS OF USEFUL IDIOTS,,,

"Zimbabwe: Leftists to blame for Robert Mugabe''''s blood-letting"

"...So it is infuriating to hear some Leftists and liberals saying, through the teeth of their post-imperial guilt, that perhaps an armed intervention is the only way to rid the world of this brute. Had this been done years ago, when they took the opposite view, how many lives might have been saved? How many productive people, black and white, would have felt able to stay in Zimbabwe, rather than flee with their talents abroad? Would it still be a country with a life expectancy in the low thirties, something not heard of in Europe since the early Middle Ages? How proud does the Left, with its stupidly romantic notions of the inviolate nature of "black freedom fighters", feel about what it has so ably helped Mugabe achieve?"
http://crusader-rabbit.blogspot.com/2008/06/zimbabwe-leftists-to-blame-for-robert.html

[terrorislamj]

MUGABE/HUSSEIN IN 08

hmmmmmmm fascist nazi terrorislam backs mugabe/mug-me/bug-me,,, and fascist nazi terrorislam back husein,,,

COULD THIS BE A WARNING???

Islamic terrorists back Mugabe

Zanu-PF plots with a South African outlaw group to bring more terror to the country.

Four members of the military junta now ruling Zimbabwe in Mugabe''''s name are holding secret meetings with representatives of PAGAD, the notorious Islamic terrorist organisation based in Cape Town, South Africa.
http://www.zimbabwetoday.co.uk/2008/06/islamic-terrori.html

[terrorislamj]

typical and predictable,,, anytime you allow communist or fascist nazi terrorislam take over you will have a communist/terrorislam induced famine,,, it is happening in venezuela now,,, they also used to export food,,, now they too have to import food,,,

Zimbabwe suffers from an 80 percent unemployment rate and, according to the International Monetary Fund, an inflation rate exceeding 150,000 percent. Since 1994, the average life expectancy for women in Zimbabwe has fallen from 57 years to 34 years; among men it has dropped from 54 years to 37 years. Some 3,500 Zimbabweans die every week from the combined effects of HIV/AIDS, poverty, and malnutrition. Half a million Zimbabweans may have died since 2000, while some 3 million fled to South Africa alone.

A country that used to be called the jewel and the breadbasket of Africa is now an Orwellian nightmare. With the economy in ruins and political freedom eviscerated, Zimbabwes state-run media rail against a phantom international conspiracy consisting of Western powers and led by George Bush, Tony Blair, uncle Tom Colin Powell, and a slave to white masters Condoleezza Rice.
http://www.american.com/archive/2008/may-05-08/botswana-and-zimbabwe-a-tale-of-two-countries

[floydzepp2]

terror salad, you''re irrelevant.

[terrorislamj]

FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM IS THE PROBLEM,,,

DEMONIC-RAT HUSSEIN IS NOT THE SOLUTION,,,

[terrorislamj]

YOU DO NOT LIKE THE USA IN THE MIDDLE EAST,,,

BLAME THE DEMONIC-RATS,,,

THE DEMONIC-RAT DOCTRINE,,,

On February 16, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said the "the defense of Saudi Arabia is vital to the defense of the United States." On February 14, 1945, while returning from the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt met with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia on the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal, the first time a U.S. president had visited the Persian Gulf region.

The Carter Doctrine was a policy proclaimed by President of the United States Jimmy Carter in his State of the Union Address on 23 January 1980, which stated that the United States would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf region. The doctrine was a response to the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union, and was intended to deter the Soviet Union%u2014the Cold War adversary of the United States%u2014from seeking hegemony in the Persian Gulf. After stating that Soviet troops in Afghanistan posed "a grave threat to the free movement of Middle East oil," Carter proclaimed:

Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force. (full speech)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Doctrine

[terrorislamj]

mugabe,,, idi amin,,, think about it,,, LOL

hahaha

[brianbwb-2009]

Charamba, however, demanded that Zimbabwe be left to determine its own future.
"The way out is the way defined by the Zimbabwe people free from outside interference, and that is exactly what will resolve the matter," he said."

Whether one likes him or not, one most admit the truth of this statement, and use this logic for all countries, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Arab-Israeli conflicts come immediately to mind.

[brianbwb-2009]

Charamba, however, demanded that Zimbabwe be left to determine its own future.
"The way out is the way defined by the Zimbabwe people free from outside interference, and that is exactly what will resolve the matter," he said."

Whether one likes him or not, one most admit the truth of this statement, and use this logic for all countries, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Arab-Israeli conflicts come immediately to mind.

[rushlimpdrug]

This is the trailer to the movie:

"Coming To America"
- starring obama


"Not God bless America. . . . "

Still don''t get it?

[gkc99]

"But at the African Union summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, African leaders have been unwilling to publicly criticize Mugabe"


But they''ll shortly issue a condemnation of Israel.

[brianbwb-2009]

Posted by demslie2u

They also know that Republicans enjoy genocide, and will invade and commit against any and everyone.

A more appropriate question would be, "what right does America have to criticize anyone for inhumanity, when we commit more of it than anyone else?"

[floydzepp2]

Posted by demslie2u at 08:17 AM : Jul 01, 2008
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When you''re off your meds, you sure seem to generate a lot of purely fictional conspiracy theories.

[gkc99]

"They know that Democrats would never allow any type of Military Action to stop the genocide. The Dictators kill tens of thousands of their own people while Democrats support terrorists and scream at Bush. "--Posted by demslie2u


And 8 years of Bushit and Republican rule have resulted in what benefit to Africa?

Tell us quick, so we don''t forget the accomplishments of the Chimp in Chief.

[brianbwb-2009]

"...Doctor%u2019s Without Boarders..." Posted by demslie2u

They are not renting out rooms?

[be19611]

You want the US to us it''s military to solve Africa''s problems? Don''t we have enough problems already? Leave these people alone.If you can''t stand the sight of starving people then turn off your TV and mind your own business.

[floydzepp2]

"...Doctor%u2019s Without Boarders..." Posted by demslie2u

They are not renting out rooms?

Posted by brianbwb at 08:27 AM : Jul 01, 2008
---------------

Not after Bush told all the OB/GYN''s to have free love with their patients. The AMA frowns on that sort of thing.....

[gkc99]

"the [African] leaders were going to "have very, very strong words for him."


Like "join us in a resolution condemning Israel for oppression, then we''ll go have a BBQ of some political dissenters who don''t like our rule."

While east African nations go from being net exporters of food to being dependent on food handouts from the despised West.

[tomtomasters]

So we know Zimbabwe is not a Democracy. There are lots of nondemocratic countries in the world. SO Mugabe is a dictator. There are lots of dictators in the world. They claim Mugabe kills his own people and does violence to people, but Bush did 911 and killed thousands and we cheer him? Mugabe does not own the land if his people do not use the land to support the people. If he was smart he would reject violence and seek Nonviolence and do things that improve his dictatorship. Let''s hope he does not become like Idi Amin.

[whitemale08]

Mugabe should demand that the so called Queen Elizabeth of England share power with Zimbabwean backed puppet to form a coalition government.

The EU should condem all the monarchies accross Europe because they were not elected.

And the casualties of illegal UN sanctions are the same as those suffered by America during the revolutionary war against England.
How dare outside Western leaders demand that Mugabe install a puppet rival to share government so that that pupppet invite the IMF and Federal Reserve System to come in and steal their diamond resources and food products.

The English know that the food produce of Zimbabwe is the best in the world because look how healthy Mugabe is at the age of 84.

No...No...No. Finally African leaders and leaders in South America are wising up and resisting the PAPER TIGER "Federal Reserve System" and the IMF.

[poopus123]

They also know that Republicans enjoy genocide, and will invade and commit against any and everyone.
Posed by brianbwb

So, by saying that, you mean that all leaders in Africa are all "Republicans"????

[kitty000]

I don''t care. I''m glad I don''t live there!

[pentangyl]

As if U.S. elections were fair!

Another country on the terrorist watch!

[generey]

OK then. My B-Day is coming up and he is not invited to the party! So there, no big deal.

[bigal075]

Here in Detroit we have the other mugabe he be the mayor Kwame Kilpatrick..

[gocubs58]

Posted by Nancy_Naive - None of us would deem such an election to be representative of anything other than the self-declared winner''''s will-to-power. All of us, I imagine, would wearily turn the page thinking that it was another sad tale of pitiful pre- or anti-democracy peoples in some strange elsewhere.

-----

What an excellent 3 part post! W has no right to call any country''s election a sham.

[hologram5]

Time to cut them off from all US aid. Not a red cent should go overseas until we fix the problems we have right here at home. Lead by example and when the rest of the world sees how good we have it then they might follow suit.

[hot4real]

President Mugabe makes the entire Africa proud. Standing strong in the face of evil is something many are scared to do. he is doing it with so much passion, because of us, he want the African people to stop being exploited by the pinks "whites" who are notorious for exploitation, child pornography, bestiality, slavery, racist invasions of countries, terrorism, the gay disease and all evil things of this planet.

President Mugabe thank you for what you are doing for us, you are our eternal legend and will always love you forever. pinks "whites" will always be a virus threatening our entire race. Therefore any attempt by them to meddle and push their evil agenda will be resisted.

I wish their evil father the devil can take all of them back to hell where they all originally from.

[dogsoul]

...yes, you are indeed naive Nancy. You liberals are STILL whining about Bush beating Gore - and yes liberals.... he did beat him.

Only liberals want to change the rules when the outcome doesn''t suit them.

Liberals - ruining America since 1953

[cheetah-man7]

It''s high time the US stop sending aid to all these idiot countries in Africa! Start using our hard-earned money to sort out our own problems. Mugabe is a dictator who has no credibility in the world''s eyes. Get rid of him!

[cheetah-man7]

I wish their evil father the devil can take all of them back to hell where they all originally from.

Posted by Hot4real

_________________________________________________

You crack me up.... Please buy a one-way ticket to Harare! bub-bye!

[hungry1968]

...yes, you are indeed naive Nancy. You liberals are STILL whining about Bush beating Gore - and yes liberals.... he did beat him.

Only liberals want to change the rules when the outcome doesn''''t suit them.

Liberals - ruining America since 1953

Posted by dogsoul at 09:47 AM : Jul 01, 2008





It''s so sad for America, that the Supreme Court stopped that recount. Just think about it:

We wouldn''t be at war in Iraq.
We wouldn''t have been attacked on 9/11.
The housing crisis never would have happened.
The economy wouldn''t be collapsing.
Poisoned toys and food wouldn''t be coming in from China.
Our military wouldn''t be strained to the breaking point.
Disaster areas would receive COMPETENT help from FEMA and the federal government.


Yeah - it''s the LIBERALS that are ruining the country. Uh huh. Riiiiiight......

[hungry1968]

It''''s high time the US stop sending aid to all these idiot countries in Africa! Start using our hard-earned money to sort out our own problems. Mugabe is a dictator who has no credibility in the world''''s eyes. Get rid of him!

Posted by Cheetah-Man7 at 09:47 AM : Jul 01, 2008





We need to cut off ALL foreign aid to EVERYONE, and use that money to sort out our own problems.

[tbweb]

The Zimbabwe Supreme Court decided the election and gave the victory to President Robert Mugabe even though the other candidate had more votes, hmmm, seems like I heard this happened somewhere else before! LOL

[gkc99]

"Liberals - ruining America since 1953 "--Posted by dogsoul


What, when the end began for all-white schools and all-white military? You Dixiecraps didn''t like that, did ya?

[dogsoul]

Whatever... conspiracy theorist liberals just can''t take losing - and when they DO - they go to work ''fixing'' the system because, ya know... they lost. Whatever... any which way you look at it - you lost the election - get over it you sore loser whiny little liberals... as to your ridiculous points:


"We wouldn''''t be at war in Iraq." - why don''t you research what Clinton, Gore, Pelosi & many other leading Democrats said about Saddam''s suspected WMD''s while Clinton was in office.

"We wouldn''''t have been attacked on 9/11." - huh???

"The housing crisis never would have happened." - huh???

"The economy wouldn''''t be collapsing." - you obviously no little about economics

"Poisoned toys and food wouldn''''t be coming in from China." - yes, Bush is apparently ALSO to blame for Chinese manufacturing errors - ridiculous

"Our military wouldn''''t be strained to the breaking point." - they might have been underfunded & weakened like they were under Clinton which lead to 9/11

"Disaster areas would receive COMPETENT help from FEMA and the federal government." - oh really, and how might you know that?


Liberals - so full of sh*t, it''s almost funny

[roger_inkart]

Yeah - it''s the LIBERALS that are ruining the country. Uh huh. Riiiiiight......

Posted by hungry1968 at 10:06 AM : Jul 01, 2008

Yes, the GOP controlled Congress from 94-06. They held the White House from 00-present. We didn''t want the war in Iraq. Yet STILL somehow it''s all our fault for goes wrong in the nation.

That''s the worst thing about rightwingers. They have NO accountability whatsoever. They are addicted to blaming others for the problems THEY caused.

[skeptic2885]

This sounds alot like the spew you get from the KKK clansmen:
"President Mugabe makes the entire Africa proud. Standing strong in the face of evil is something many are scared to do. he is doing it with so much passion, because of us, he want the African people to stop being exploited by the pinks "whites" who are notorious for exploitation, child pornography, bestiality, slavery, racist invasions of countries, terrorism, the gay disease and all evil things of this planet.
President Mugabe thank you for what you are doing for us, you are our eternal legend and will always love you forever. pinks "whites" will always be a virus threatening our entire race. Therefore any attempt by them to meddle and push their evil agenda will be resisted.
I wish their evil father the devil can take all of them back to hell where they all originally from.
Posted by Hot4real at 09:41 AM : Jul 01, 2008"

[jazz_jeff2]

Just goes to show two things.

1. The Africans at the summit are cowards.

2. Where there is no oil involved - every nation don''t want to know and watch people die.

All spineless cowards to stand up to this illegitimate dictator and his three headed junta.

[terrorislamj]

HUSSEIN BELONGED TO A CHURCH THAT DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITE US,,,

HUSSEIN STAFFS HIS CAMPAIGN WITM MEMBERS OF THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY THAT DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITES US,,,

HUSSEIN STAFFS HIS CAMPAIGN WITM MEMBERS OF THE NATION OF TERRORISLAM THAT DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITES US,,,

HUSSEIN IS A RACIST WHICH DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITES US,,,

HUSSEIN IS A BIGOT WHICH DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITES US,,,

HUSSEIN IS A ANTI-JEW WHICH DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITES US,,,

HUSSEIN IS A ANTI-AMERICAN WHICH DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITES US,,,

[skeptic2885]

what kind of crack are you on?

HUSSEIN BELONGED TO A CHURCH THAT DIVIDES US RATHER THAN UNITE US,,,
Posted by terrorislamj at 10:35 AM : Jul 01, 2008

I hope a predator takes this clown out....and SOON! He clearly has no honor, no scruples, no soul. I had no idea that a democra-tatorship could even exist. If you don''t like the outcome of the game, change the rules? Unprovoked attacks on the people you claim to represent? The remedy is best described in a famous lyric:

na-na-na-na
na-na-na-na
Hey hey hey
go-od bye!

[minnick8-2009]

Mugabe''s spokesmen say, "The West can go hang." I say, "Mugabe can go hang."

It''s soooo comforting to see that a crisis on another continent can evolve into a political snowball fight here, having NOTHING to do with the topic.

Makes me PROUD to be an American!

[milesbrown49]

To Nancy Naive:

I could not have said that better myself. You pinned the tail on the donkey. Time to let the African Nations lead themselves. Time to let go of their resources.

[harp1963]

I''m surprised Bush hasn''t tried to give Zimbabwe "free trade" with America like he did China, the worlds worst human rights abusers. If Zimbabwe only had a billion peasants for U.S. fortune 500 companies to enslave, all would be wonderful in Zimbabwe and a marketing campaign would be on to improve the image of Mugabe.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml

[milesbrown49]

Mugabe 08!!!!

[genesis15-2009]

We are already in a mess in Iraq and Afghanistan. We don''t need to be trying to police another country. Let this idiotic dictator bring his country to ruin. Because, believe me, when the people REALLY GET TIRED of a leader and 95% or more of the population is unified, it is just a matter of time when this man will be taken off the earth. But it will come down to those in his country.