http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/and-this-helps-zimbabwe-how/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/and-this-helps-zimbabwe-how/#comment-7289 Justin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:09:13 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1718#comment-7289 Another important point is that while Mugabe's charges that Tsvanigirai was an agent of colonial powers fell on deaf ears during the election, I can't imagine that being recognized by the US would be the sort of PR Tsvanigirai wants (even if the US is not strictly a former colonizer). If nothing else, that seems to be the sort of move that would make Mugabe more convinced he was standing up to outsiders. Another important point is that while Mugabe’s charges that Tsvanigirai was an agent of colonial powers fell on deaf ears during the election, I can’t imagine that being recognized by the US would be the sort of PR Tsvanigirai wants (even if the US is not strictly a former colonizer). If nothing else, that seems to be the sort of move that would make Mugabe more convinced he was standing up to outsiders.

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