--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 1, 2008, at 9:02 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > > Bullshit. Mugabe has been a tyrant and a killer since at least 1980. > > > > > > > > > ---Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1960s as the Secretary general > of > > > the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). For many years in the > 60s > > > and 70s Mugabe was a political prisoner in Rhodesia. His goal was to > > > replace white minority-rule with one-party Marxist regime.[2] He > left > > > Rhodesia in 1976 to join the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle (Rhodesian > > > Bush War) from bases in Mozambique. The war ended in 1979; emerging > > > from this conflict, Mugabe was hailed by Africans as a hero.[3][4] > He > > > won the general elections of 1980, the first in which the majority > > > black Africans participated, amid reports of violent intimidation by > > > the militant freedom fighters he now controlled. Mugabe then became > > > the first Prime Minister of black-ruled Zimbabwe after calling for > > > reconciliation between formerly warring parties, including the white > > > people as well as rival parties. > > > > > > The early years of Mugabe's rule saw killings targeting the Ndebele > > > tribe in the Matabeleland and Midlands areas of Zimbabwe. > > > > > > Since 1998 Mugabe's policies have increasingly elicited domestic and > > > international denunciation. His government pursued a costly > > > intervention in the Second Congo War, expropriated thousands of > > > white-owned farms, printed hundreds of trillions of Zimbabwean > dollars > > > triggering hyperinflation,[5] and has been accused of harassing and > > > intimidating political opponents, particularly members of the > Movement > > > for Democratic Change.[6] Zimbabwe's economy spiraled downward,[7] > > > with food and oil shortages,[8] and with massive internal > > > displacement[9] and emigration.[10] During this period Mugabe's > > > policies have been denounced in the West and at home as racist > against > > > Zimbabwe's white minority. > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe> > > > > > > I'll never forget a couple of years ago a picture I saw in the > > newspaper of a slain Brit. expat. farmer lying dead--with his Jack > > Russell Terrier who survived, cuddled up next to his masters dead > > body. Vigilantes, jealous of the white farmers went in and killed > > many of the farmers or forced them to flee with the idea to take over > > their farms and supposedly the money they were making. The people > > ended up being so uneducated they didn't even know how to operate the > > farms and now the farms have been taken over by ovegrowth. Such > > appalling ignorance. > > > > I'll never forget a couple of years ago a picture I saw in the newspaper > of slain Iraqi children lying dead--with their mother alone beside them. > Americans, mad with arrogance, went in and killed hundreds of thousands, > or forced them to flee with the idea to take over their oil and > supposedly the money they were making. The people ended up being so > uneducated they didn't even know how to operate the oil business and now > the oil fields have been taken over by groups aligned to the > dictatorship in Iran. Such appalling ignorance. > > OffWorld > I agree with you here Off. But you're completely missing the point. No one is defending the massively corrupt actions of US foreign policy these last years. (No one with half a brain that is.)
But what does that have to do with MMY praising a brutal dictator? Zero. Nada. I got into TM during the Nixon era. It (I thought) was a wonderful alternative to the madness going on around me. How could I have known that it (TMO and MMY) would turn into its own special brand of madness?
