Mitigating for Mugabe.

We have the autonomy to choose our friends but we can't choose our neighbours and if i had a way i would have unanimously opted for Vladimir Putin - to Mugabe.Now Morgan Tsvangirai,a former trade unionist who gatecrashed his way into politics,carrying only a diploma in international governance aquire through distance education - got bullied under duress by his rival Mugabe in signing a deal that never was.The impasse has finally come to rest with a new government of national unity in place.

Millions of victims crippled by cholera and poverty crossed over to South Africa.Today i am writing to mitigate for Mugabe and stand by him for the failed state he created with the help of the British.

The man has been in power since 1980 - after defeating Ian Smith's regime through gorilla warfare,with the support of Cuba and South Korea.He quickly adopted the socialistic and nationalistic ideologies.Of course,the eloquent but ruthless scholar had paid ten years of his life in prison.A forged cease-fire by the British government,led to the Lancaster House agreement where a deal was signed under the supervision of Lord Carrington.The British government in tandem with the Americans promised to buy land from the white farmers who were not willing to reconcile with the custodians of the land - willing buyer ,willing seller.

Mugabe's bid to forgive and forget the past never materialised because of a few minority who were non-repented.In 1990 he tried the land reform programme,but was halted by the African National Congress Party in South Africa,as they were so close to defeating apartheid.Of course,the move paid dividends,as Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island the same year.

In 1995 Zimbabwe's economy started to plummet and the international monetary fund suggested a recovery plan called (The economic structural adjustment programme),which subsequently led to the devaluation of the Zimbabwean dollar.

Out of desperation Mugabe pursued the land reform programme - in trying to force the British government to compensate the white farmers who owned at least two thirds of the country's arable land.Tony Blair and the back benchers at Westminister angered Mugabe by denying to honour,the Labour Party's promise to compensate as agreed at the Lancaster House conference in 1979 .So his militias ran rampage and seized all the farms - which led to a mass exodus of farmers to England,Australia and New Zealand.

Smart sanctions by the EU meant Mugabe and his cabinet ministers were automatically barred from travelling to Europe.But who suffered ?The poor Zimbabwean people.

Ango-American and bluechip companies pulled out of Zimbabwe in protest of the Mugabe regime.Mass unemployment followed and Zimbawe became a disaster.

Because Tsvangirai was bankrolled by the british government: Mugabe was very cautious after losing the general election.This dinosaur doesn't trust the British because of a long history of unfulfilled promises in the past.

What people must realise is that Mugabe is the only surviving student of Mao,Mussolini,Hitler and Idi Amin(who fed his opponents to the crocodiles in Uganda).

So Tsvangirai deserves to be grabbed down under.