Posted by
mgraves on Friday, October 26, 2007 6:58:03 PM
President “Bob” Mugabe has launched an intelligence academy named after Senator Byrd.
Never mind, he named it after himself, in the tradition of Sen. Byrd.
Ol’ Bob Mugabe sees Zimbabwe (his personal fief) as under siege from militaristic Western nations working to overthrow him. Which is mildly interesting because he wouldn’t even be in power if Western nations hadn’t stood by as he intimidated his way to power over a legitimate transitional, elected government (thanks to America’s worst President… no wait, worst ex-President… no wait, Pres Carter was and is both).
One interesting bit in the article, where the author apparently misses something, is: “Critics say [Bob] has increasingly relied on security forces to keep opponents in check…” That’d be a common autocratic tendency. And look, the U.S. and Britain provide a lovely external (non-threatening) enemy for Bob to rail against. What a cardboard cutout tyrant.
Anyhow, Bob aims to train army, police, and intelligence operatives in order to maintain his tyrannical grip on the nation he’s destroyed. That’s not really what the article says, but it’s certainly implied.