Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish, as my Granny would say (Mugabe)

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  • Ken The Kanuck
    Very Senior Member - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 4094

    #1

    Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish, as my Granny would say (Mugabe)

    The military moves to seize power, with veteran President Robert Mugabe under house arrest.


    KTK
  • Mark in Ottawa
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 1744

    #2
    The problem is that the senior army officers who staged the coup are part of his corrupt circle and will either take over and be just as corrupt or will install the recently ousted vice president who is considered to be even worse than Mugabe. From what I have read, the only reason the army acted was because Mugabe was going to install his wife as vice president and the army objected because a) everybody hates her and b) she was not part of the original group who fought white rule 40 years ago and was considered to be an interloper.

    In this age of political correctness it is, of course, forbidden to make the point that Zimbabwe was a far better place to live as a British colony than it ever was as a so-called independent country but the last 40 years there demonstrate that colonization is not always a bad thing.

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    • JB White
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 13371

      #3
      He's safe in his home because at 93 he's not likely to jump from a window and make a break for it. It's coup but where is it going? Aint going back to being Rhodesia. Just remember that Czar Nicholas was held in protective custody too until things worked out for the Bolsheviks.
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      **Never quite as old as the other old farts**

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      • m1ashooter
        Senior Member
        • May 2011
        • 3220

        #4
        He and his communist friends ruined Rhodesia. It will be very interesting to see what happens next.
        To Error Is Human To Forgive Is Not SAC Policy

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        • swampyankee
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 573

          #5
          White rule = success, black rule = failure. Not a racist statement, just a fact. Look at what just 8 years of black rule did for the USA?

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          • Clark Howard
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 2105

            #6
            The country is still not a safe for place for non-black civilians.

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            • p246
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2013
              • 2216

              #7
              What comes around goes around. Too bad it took 40 years...

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              • Vern Humphrey
                Administrator - OFC
                • Aug 2009
                • 15875

                #8
                Anyone who thinks this will produce anything other than another brutal dictatorship is an Amadan.

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                • Sunray
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 3251

                  #9
                  "...the original group who fought white rule 40 years ago..." Were communist terrorists.
                  "...his wife as vice president..." Trying for an inherited dynasty like Kim Jong-un in North Korea.
                  Spelling and grammar count!

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                  • JB White
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 13371

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Sunray
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                    "...his wife as vice president..." Trying for an inherited dynasty like Kim Jong-un in North Korea.
                    More like Eva Peron had she lived long enough.
                    2016 Chicago Cubs. MLB Champions!


                    **Never quite as old as the other old farts**

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                    • free1954
                      Senior Member
                      • Feb 2010
                      • 1165

                      #11
                      Originally posted by swampyankee
                      White rule = success, black rule = failure. Not a racist statement, just a fact. Look at what just 8 years of black rule did for the USA?


                      two of the richest countries in Africa, gone to hell. I've been following this site for years. http://cathybuckle.com/ I wonder if this had something to do with it. https://sputniknews.com/africa/20171...visit-general/
                      Last edited by free1954; 11-17-2017, 11:00.

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                      • dryheat
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 10587

                        #12
                        The problem is that the senior army officers who staged the coup are part of his corrupt circle and will either take over and be just as corrupt ...

                        Isn't that the Mode of Opurandi?
                        If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.

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