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Originally Posted by Pete
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I guess it would be serious if she was "caught in secret meetings" at the Chinese Embassy.
Since they were the big winners backing Mugabe/ZANLA way back in the day.
Two things that are Zim related:
1) I was traveling in Africa at the time President Obama won the Nobel Prize.
Well before I got there I thought Morgan Tsvangirai(Head of Zim Opposition) was a shoe-in.
So did everyone I met in Africa at the time....folks were gobsmacked he didn't win it.
2) I remember seeing a black and white photo of Mugabe in his Mao suit lined up with senior Chinese(including Mao I think?) in China back in the 1960's. It used to be easy to find on Google image search. Now I can't seem to find it.
I used to like bringing that photo up in conversations with people about Zimbabwe.
When the question of "who won?" comes up:
Zimbabwean people lost the most
Soviet Union lost backing Nkomo/ZIPRA who got purged out of power sharing
West lost due to political correctness and lack of patience for a longer term reform
China won it all(along with a handful of Mugabe's inner circle). Back before anyone even worried about China.
The Nairobi airport flight boards are a real eye opener.