Mugabe Wants Bush To Leave Quietly

Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe wants incoming President Barack Obama to set a new US foreign policy towards the country and wants to see President Bush leave quietly.

The Zimbabwean government has asked outgoing U.S. President George Bush to leave office quietly and allow the incoming administration of President-elect Barrack Obama to develop its own policy on Zimbabwe, The Chronicle reported on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe's Minister of Information and Publicity Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said this in response to remarks attributed to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Fraser that her government no longer supported the power sharing agreement signed by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders on Sept. 15.

She was speaking in Pretoria, South Africa on Sunday.

Ndlovu reiterated the Zimbabwean government's position that foreigners have no right of judging Zimbabwean affairs.

"Frazer and the outgoing U.S. administration must not continue to sow seeds of hatred between our government and the Zimbabwean people," said Ndlovu.

"They must leave office in peace and give Obama the chance and time to make his own assessment of the situation in our country and build bridges.

Gee, how about this: Robert Mugabe accepts the election results and steps down since he twice stole elections in his country and lost the Parliament but has refused any and all power sharing agreements.

Apparently Mugabe thinks that Obama would come to a different conclusion on Mugabe's rule and let Mugabe do as he sees fit. Apparently Mugabe doesn't think much of Obama, since he thinks that US policy would somehow change and favor Mugabe's continued disastrous rule of terror, incompetence, and economic and societal disintegration.

Mugabe has ignored two election results and has massaged the results to remain in power. His economic policy has led to hyperinflation the likes of which have rarely, if ever, been seen: 231 million percent, which means an effective doubling of prices daily. Nearly the entire population is unemployed, and easily preventable diseases have spread through the country like wildfire including cholera. Infrastructure has fallen apart and basic sanitation has fallen by the wayside and potable water is hard to come by. The former breadbasket of Africa is now the ultimate basket case, and Mugabe thinks that Obama will come up with a policy that is more conducive to his remaining in power.

That's rather telling, isn't it.