Saturday, July 12, 2008

Professional Courtesy

Zimbabwe is in horrible shape largely due to the efforts of Robert Mugabe, who couldn't have destroyed that country more if he was an agent of Zimbabwe's mortal enemy.

The vaunted international community has refused even symbolic actions:

Russia and China vetoed proposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's leaders Friday, rejecting U.S. efforts to step up punitive measures against the authoritarian regime after a widely discredited presidential election.

Western powers mustered nine votes, the minimum needed to gain approval in the 15-nation council. But the resolution pushed by the Bush administration failed because of the action by two of the five veto-wielding permanent members.


Hey, birds gotta fly and thug regimes gotta protect their own. Remember, Zimbabwe's "discredited" election was still more free than what China or Russia conduct.