Why steal Zimbabwe?

Posted by Ian on April 19, 2008 in in the news |

I heard Robert Mugabe on CNN tonight, going on about the British, accusing them of trying to steal his country, or in his own words:

“down with the British, down with the thieves who want to steal our country”.

My immediate reaction to this is why would anyone bother to steal Zimbabwe ….its such a total shithole of a country and would be lucky to be worth about $1 to anyone stupid enough to want to buy it.

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7 Comments

  • Pinksy says:

    That’s a fair point…

  • “a total shithole of a country” Is that the elected officials, the poeple, the economy, the culture, or just your feeling after having visited?

    It’s just shithole tends to be sort of a blanket term and I’m curious about how you made the assessment-If I know more maybe I can agree.

  • Kelly says:

    I don’t want to buy the country, I just want to buy the name of the country. I’ve always thought “Zimbabwe” sounded cool. :)

  • Ian says:

    Dave – just a general impression. Thuggish government, once decent economy run into the ground, etc.

  • Actually I am a Rhodesia kind of a guy. As for Zimbabwe, it is probably the only country I could afford. Mugabe will be banging on about the Brits until he croaks or someone croaks him.

  • cybrpunk says:

    Oh, I don’t know. I’ve always wanted to be a warlord. What better way to start?

  • Joo73 says:

    Wouldn’t it be too heavy to carry? ..heh nah seriously If I were him I’d be saying.

    “that’ll be $1.95 + GST (instant billionaire)…but there’s more…and here have it, I F***ed it up anyway, mind the mass graves, “

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