Question Time: Why doesn't UK act against Mugabe? Part 1/2

[MrGoblin60]

Why does Britain sit back and allow Mugabe to tortute and kill his own people? Because they put him there!

[TheMasterNo6]

It all dates back to UDI. Had Smith not been so arrogant to do that, Mugabe in 79 wouldn't have come to power. The Govt here is hesitant to go over with military force now as it'd be Neo Colonialistic in many eyes. There are also no real economic benefits for the UK to go over there, Mugabe ruined the country. The Middle East is something they interfere in as a) they want pro Western puppet Govts installed and b) Oil reserves amongst other resources of economic benefit.

[codownni]

Great Britain gets slagged so much for her colonial past, yet this is one of many examples of what happens when certain Country's are allowed to rule themselves.

[shahideurope]

Hurd supported genocide in Bosnia - fucker I hope he burns in hell.

[JoeSerpa]

@shahideurope Not just that, he supplied Milosevic and Serbia with money for invasion on Kosovo. Scum

[weiRdFishYorke]

the same goes for Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi, but no one in the West cares to criticize him, do they.

[EffLabels]

@DeborahWinter "Mugabe great"? LOL He's murdering his own people. How is that 'great'?

[mattvansickle]

Boognish? As in Ween? I do hope so.

[DeepSixed300]

Or do you prefer to invent your history instead, rather than examining primary sources?

[DeepSixed300]

You know, the '61 constitution that Joshua Nkomo, the father of African Nationalism in Zim, supported and backed as the appropriate vehicle for black majority rule?

[DeepSixed300]

@DeborahWinter Disenfranchised the entire diaspora? How recently have you read the 1961 Southern Rhodesian Constitution, exactly?

[Baileyndecks]

@DeborahWinter Wow

You're full of a lot of hatred aren't you?

[BrotherFlagg]

@guy186, that is your answer to must things having to do with people you have no respect for. All people you can't control. Where is your humanity?

[JustAnotherGuy186]

We should order an SAS sniper team to send a bullet through mugabe's head.

[nemesis700]

hitchens represents the thinker

[antonmagdovich]

Why not she go home and fight him?

[ykoshy]

Unsurprisingly, no one mentioned the one thing we, as a nation, are able to do to reduce the terror in Zimbabwe; stop Selling Him Weapons and Artllery! If only Zimbabwe had a massive supply of oil to get us over there....

[NO2EUoNO2NWO]

fight the enemy not yourself

[ykoshy]

@NO2EUoNO2NWO ''Fight the enemy not yourself'', It's nice to know you have the same beliefs as the Jihadists of Pakistan and Officers of the Third Reich...

[LondonNil]

Here here Vince Cable

[DeepSixed300]

Imagine where we would be today if they had simply hanged Mugabe at SCP in the 60s

[Fleshious]

3:25 shaking in fear

[Waynes150]

Good points by Peter Hitchens.

[Rentonboyo]

I think that Mugabe is a twisted, vengeful man who needs to re-assess the situation of a country he has driven to ruin and step down.

[deanduke27]

Something of an understatement wouldn't you say!? He is a modern-day monster.

[JJFP1]

Because the British are cowards and devils who are afraid of everyone.

BUNCH OF COWARDS

[macafricascot]

today's African leaders are just as bad as the colonialists.

[1donkey]

Technology runs on southern African minerals. Without the regions minerals there are no jets, cars or computers. There is a history of vie for control of the region between the west and communists. And there is a history of vie for control of the West by Communists. Communists within the West are responsible for Mugabe.

[waallpaper]

Im sorry but what group of "Communists" are you talking about ??

[DeepSixed300]

Or, more accurately, Communists in the East abetted by the West are responsible for Mugabe.

[1donkey]

Obviously, the reason the UK will not dispose of Mugabe is that he is fullfilling his mission as a knight of the UK. The UK put him in power and knighted him. Now we wonder why the UK does not destroy him?  We should ask broader questions, like who is sponsoring Mugabe, and why. Then hold the sponsors accountable. Mineral riches are a clue.

[sguardian870]

half of the dictators in africa were put there by the west idi amin , mugabe and so many more so people need to stop saying it africans having the problem its the west.

[homeofficial]

I'll tel you why no-one is taking action, ecause it's going to cost a lot of money, for what in return just a few minerals, Zimbabwean land is rich in mineral but to a limited extend and there's worse situation in the world to deal with but that still doesn't mean no one has to tae action. Besides Robert Mugabe overthrew the arpatheid in Zimbabwe so why would the people he fought against want to help him, maybe us Zimbabweans should onlylook to help ourselves out,

[Phoonguy]

minerals, dude u need to really research all that zim has lol a lot of different stuff.platinum hmm i believe that is what space shuttles rocketts and whatever else made of. theres more things in tht country that majority of the natives dnt know, the whites wer always exploring that country they know whats there. natives were not exploring the country because its there home. notice everything became important wen wealth was westernized, so everyones link to success is through trade with thewest

[burkesean2890]

miliband sounds like the brain thier, election monitors and media not an invaison.

We can not stand by and watch but we carn't do much

[StoogeWatcher]

Zimbabwe should be recolonised by the British.

[zimstyle]

Zimbabwe is not your Province! Its a soveregn country. 5 old man sitting round the table deciding on the future of a sovereign nation. And someone is telling me imperialism is dead?

[Warrensdisplay]

yes I agree, Britain leave Zim alone, you made it a great country and the indegenous destroyed it by wanting to rule it themselves, so leave them and dont donate money or aid to the country. They only want want want, they dont feel they should have to work for what they get.

[Phoonguy]

u seem to know a lot but i hear only a 1sided story, give us the whole picture, africa got fucked from the first time the west stepped food, ofcourse this technology shit was invented by the west, africa had its own way of living, the western way is what has poisoned africa, india and many more places, all continents had there own way, so if ur ways are imposed another for generations, then duhh the descendants will struggle because of the artificial way.

[fuckmugabe7]

Mugabe has to be taken out,whatever way necessary/Enough is Enough

[Warrensdisplay]

why should Mugabe be taken out, the African people wanted him in so leave him in let all the whites leave and leave Africa and the West should never have anything to do with Africa and lets see how quick they run crawling to the West for help - STOP FOOD AND FINANCIAL AID TO AFRICA NOW! You are spending my taxes to Aid Africa and I say STOP!

[burkesean2890]

the peolpe of his nation voted him out so he should leave

[Warrensdisplay]

the people just like the rest of the world were warned by the Smith regime that if Zim is to be ruled by the majority they will elect a leader who will destroy the country and enrichen only his life and the lives of the people around him EXACTLY WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. Who is to blame for Zim - the whole world, they did not listen to the Rhodesian people that Africans cannot rule themsleves!

[burkesean2890]

peolpe have a right to rule themselfs, that is why they wanted inginious leaders. it was later that they found mugabe is worse then the colonists. That is why they want him to leave, all they want is a better govermant, is that not what all peolpe want- a decent leader.

[Warrensdisplay]

Yes, people do want a better government but the Smith regime warned the world that they cannot have majorityu rule because most Africans are still uncivilised and have enormous greed so when they get to power they steal and steal and then dictate - but hey you right let them vote and put another thief in power!

[Phoonguy]

see how the western economy is messed up now, u can laugh at africa but u aint seen nothing yet, this is a worlwide problem. its not a black and white thing but the greed by humans everywhere, the world economy is going down which is kinda nice, time to know what is important lol

[rochillz]

I think we should stop dreaming like these fellows in 2008. The British Empire in Africa is dead/done no more of that painful History.

Mugabe fought a 14yr war against British oppression. It's an African issue and these fellows should go hang!

[Warrensdisplay]

Opression - are you just plain stupid or blind? There was very little opression - there was control and people had very good lives especially compared to today! DO NOT DARE TO SAY BRITISH COLONIALISM IS BAD - name me one thing an African invented to better our lives! Nothing BRITISH AND EUROPEANS invented everything that you use, even the keyboard you type on!

[DisposableName]

Thank you for this upload boognish.

[boognish100]

Your welcome :)

[wisemansden]

Milliband get your band and march on to hell. Who the F are you to tell a sovereign nation what future its citizens must follow ? I know it hurts you like crazy to see a small African nation which once was your erstwhile property (Rhodesia), created by the most evil man by the name of Cecil Rhodes who enslaved its people and raped its resources on behalf of your crown and had the audacity to name it after himself. Mugabe is a man who has been educated in your system and knows all your tricks.

[boognish100]

The British government isn't telling Zimbabweans what future to follow. Mugabe on the other hand most certainly is, through intimidation and torture, censorship of the opposition and withholding aid.

[Warrensdisplay]

Mugabe like many Africans was educated and paid for by the foolish whites who should have left them in their animal skins without the luxuries like the keyboard this person wisemanden is typing on! Rhodesia had no slaves!!! Do NOT spred lies!!!

[sguardian870]

u dont need slaves to oppress fool

[wisemansden]

The old wicked British empire trick of divide and rule will not work anymore Lord Turd. The reason the president of South Africa is not playing your game anymore, is because he and the other African leaders can see through your garbage of smoke screens. Mind your own god damn business and stop creating problems as usual in other nations. You want to kick Mugabee out of power, who descends from the most royal blood lines of Africa and is the only one who has the guts to make you pay.

[boognish100]

What royalty exactly do you believe Mugabe is descended from? I can assure you he doesn't have royal ancestry. Even if he did, why would that be relevant under a democratic system? It wouldn't hypothetically make his rule any more legitimate.

[MrGilles1990]

@wisemansden lets face it Africans cant rule themselves they just end-up killing each other Africans are a tribal peoples we need to stop trying to treat them like they yearn for Democracy.