Zimbabwe

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Surely this needs more attention than CO2 emissions. The nation is a certified disaster area.

To be honest I think increased CO2 emissions are far more serious. The situation in Zimbabwe is serious enough though.

Rich

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:

We are not the worlds policeman and if we do intervence there must be some sort of payment or reward. That is the way it has always been and will always be.

Intervention costs money and possibly lives and you don't do it for nothing.

Zimbabwe is frankly not worth worrying about. South Africa has the same natural resources and cheap labour and we can use that more effectively and safely.

End of realistic discussion.

Regards

Mick

Nice one Mick. What's the point of invading a country without robbing it?

Rich

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:

If you read my preceeding posts.... May I suggest you start with my first reply on page one....but at least you would have joined in the exchange in a meaningful way...

You know, Fredrik, I really can't be arsed to do any of that, but thanks for the advice...

Dear Nigel,

Why make empty postings? They do nothing to intensify the debate. Perhaps that is the most useful thing you have to say on the subject, in which case it probably was not worth the effort, in my humble opinion...

Fredrik

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:


Unless morality means nothing? If so I am all for human extinction. The planet would survive, and something better might evolve -

"...I abhor humanity, I wish it was swept away. It could go, and there would be no absolute loss, if every human being perished tomorrow. The reality would be untouched. Nay, it would be better.........don't you find it a beautiful clean thought, a world empty of people, just uninterrupted grass, and a hare sitting up?..."



DH Lawrence

Fredrik

Sorry to get literary, not sure if I agree. but an interesting idea...


BB

Just as a matter of interest, has foreign intervention in this sort of problem ever worked?

Nation building, usually under the auspicies of the UN, has been going on all over the world for a good sixty years. I would observe that the efforts in the former Yugoslavia seem to be not without merit. It remains to be seen what will happen in Afghanistan, and Iraq looks very difficult for the foreseeable future, so in answer to your question, Deane, the success must be somewhat unpredictable. In my view poor Zimbabwe would be very unlikely to get worse than today, unless Mugabe manages to select his successor...

ATB from from Fredrik

Dear BB,

There are times when I could agree with DH Lawrence. Fredrik