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Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Something is happening in Zimbabwe
https://twitter.com/AP/status/930583663548534784







I'm sure our dear leader will handle this well and appropriately.

Lawman 0 has issued a correction as of 02:15 on Nov 15, 2017

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1994 Toyota Celica
Sep 11, 2008

by Nyc_Tattoo
mugabe glasses always had cool stories about subsaharan africa peace corps work

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Isn't he like 90

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer
maoism-lin biaoism loses an ally tonight (maybe)

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Uncle Wemus posted:

Isn't he like 90

93

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


theres a coup attempt by parts of ZANU PF/military against Mugabe's wife who recently purged the VP, seems to be the general consensus

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-broadcaster/soldiers-take-over-zimbabwe-state-broadcaster-zbc-staff-idUSKBN1DE36B

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer
I blame ZIPRA wreckers for this.

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
*bursts into the room, panting* is... is there oil that needs protection

Dairy Days
Dec 26, 2007

logikv9 posted:

*bursts into the room, panting* is... is there oil that needs protection

no oil
nothing else of real value either
can i interest you in some asbestos?

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler

Dairy Days posted:

no oil
nothing else of real value either
can i interest you in some asbestos?

hard pass

let us know if ISIS comes in or something so we can add it to the drone list

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Dairy Days posted:

no oil
nothing else of real value either
can i interest you in some asbestos?

They got some diamonds and land that's going to get leased to China

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.
mugabe was a result of poorly executed decolonization and political circumstance because he was one of the loudest rebels instead of any of the better rebels/resistance leaders who he hosed over in the 80s or afterward. he has took a metaphorical nuke to zimbabwes economy that will take generations to heal, and has created a state of severe suffering for his populace that he doesn't really care about.

If he meets a violent end it will be an unexpected justice. And I was so sure he's gonna die peacefully.

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer

Dapper_Swindler posted:

mugabe was a result of poorly executed decolonization
Cant really blame the Zimbabweans for a ~poorly executed~ decolonisation when the Rhodesian government wanted to stay racist so hard they left the British empire to be even more racist, and then violently attacked its own people until it was brought down.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

jBrereton posted:

Cant really blame the Zimbabweans for a ~poorly executed~ decolonisation when the Rhodesian government wanted to stay racist so hard they left the British empire to be even more racist.

He could have not gotten involved in the Congo

Dairy Days
Dec 26, 2007

Lawman 0 posted:

They got some diamonds and land that's going to get leased to China

we make those in factories now

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer

Lawman 0 posted:

He could have not gotten involved in the Congo
Sure but so could literally all of Africa that got involved in the Congo.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

jBrereton posted:

Sure but so could literally all of Africa that got involved in the Congo.

I mean it's mostly blairs fault but he probably could have kept the buyback program going for longer if he hadn't

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/930613413402701826

Brrrmph
Feb 27, 2016

Слава Україні!

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

https://twitter.com/dewamavhinga/status/930620703736516609
Mugabe is going to 'accidentally' fall down some stairs soon.

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

rip mugabe

1994 Toyota Celica
Sep 11, 2008

by Nyc_Tattoo

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

https://twitter.com/WGME/status/930627635172007936

:rolleyes:

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
it's this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJ5dMYx2no

Dairy Days
Dec 26, 2007

call it a police action ok

Senor P.
Mar 27, 2006
I MUST TELL YOU HOW PEOPLE CARE ABOUT STUFF I DONT AND BE A COMPLETE CUNT ABOUT IT
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, Angola does...

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/930625816253419520

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
not a coup not a coup your a coup

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010


No gold fringe, not a real coup

Aurubin
Mar 17, 2011


The insignia on his his beret looks like a modern art piece inspired by pepperoni pizza.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

logikv9 posted:

*bursts into the room, panting* is... is there oil that needs protection

Remember that time a woman set up a pipe in a rock from an oil tank and then told Mugabe she could extract oil from rocks and got paid loads of money before the scam got found out

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
This is a hot take but will a military coup make things worse for Zimbabweans

Aurubin
Mar 17, 2011

My gut leans yes, because this was a military that was once loyal to economic mega genius Robert Mugabe. So you either get a civil war or military junta in a country with trillion dollar bills in circulation. I'm sure the IMF will give them a loan once they offer to sell all the blood of their first born children.

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

Jose posted:

This is a hot take but will a military coup make things worse for Zimbabweans

Sounds like the military was reacting to political purges, so maybe this is a good thing??? I'm prepping my hottest takes.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Jose posted:

This is a hot take but will a military coup make things worse for Zimbabweans

They're gonna give all that land back to the whites.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
lol

https://twitter.com/zanu_pf/status/930688287353819136

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/YLZANUPF1/status/930692461701353475

Peel
Dec 3, 2007

what can i read to find out what happened in zimbabwe over the last few decades

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer

Jose posted:

This is a hot take but will a military coup make things worse for Zimbabweans
Probably.

I do like that they used the word "aplomb", though.

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Peel
Dec 3, 2007

Vox Nihili posted:

Sounds like the military was reacting to political purges, so maybe this is a good thing??? I'm prepping my hottest takes.

there's always a temptation to hope it's just an exasperated guy trying to unfuck things but it's more likely to be the purged guy's faction (and to become that even if they mean 'well'), says forums poster who just admitted he doesn't know anything about zimbabwe

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