6th April 2008, as the world watches, mortified yet scarily passive about Magube’s “re-election”:
President Mugabe gives a speech on world peace. He opens up by saying “I hate guns”, as someone behind him holds a gun up to his ear and fires a blank. Mugabe’s stunned reaction reminds me of “I can’t believe you’ve done this”. After recovering from the initial shock, he bursts into tears, holding his head in his hands in humiliation and embarrassment.
For those of you wondering what “I can’t believe you’ve done this” is, here you go. The exact facial expression I’m on about is just at 8 seconds when his face comes back in view of the camera with a look of frustration:
I couldn’t help but feel angry about how we try to justify the Iraqi, Afghan and potential Iranian wars in the name of democracy and liberty, yet we let this guy so blatantly pillage his own nation.