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Originally Posted by Sean
At the risk of being pedantic they have just held an election, they are therefore a democracy. How they conduct that election is a different matter as I have said.
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How can it be a democracy, where the opposition party(s) have been forced to withdraw through violence?
How can it be a democracy, where people who don't vote for Mugabe, get hunted down and beaten to death?
How can it be a democracy, where Mugabe uses food and medicine as a political tool, so only the public can get it from ZANU-PF sources?
On the face of it they're calling it a democratic process, but its far from anything democratic.
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Originally Posted by Sean
Its a subtle point but enough to prevent intervention from the West as the US doesnot want to be put in the position of invading and deposing a democratically elected leader, just because he's a bit of a murdering bar steward. If slaughtering your own people was grounds for international action we'd be at war with a good deal of central and South America, Africa and parts of Asia.
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The international community including America, have declared Mugabe's campaign as totally false, and when he is re-elected, his government will have no recognition, he will not be regarded as a president by anyone.
Besides, we are fighting battles with many other countries who butcher their own people, ever heard of the UN peacekeeping missions?