Apartheid South Africa NO Oppressive Zimbabwe YES

It is quite stunning that the press has invested minimal coverage on the crisis regarding Zimbabwe. Few people around the world and yes even the enlightened Europeans have minimal knowledge of how a country like Zimbabwe had at one time a surplus of food was even capable of exporting its own food has become an economic and moral basket case.

Since 1980 Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, has been ruled by a brutal African Dictator in the name of Robert Mugabe, a former terrorist leader in Zimbabwe who later became renown for his abilities to raise the mantle of black nationalism against the white colonists of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, today is a country whose inflation rate is in the tune of 100,000% a year and an unemployment rate of around 80%. Welcome to the fruits of black nationalism right?!

However, the most disturbing aspect of the crisis in Zimbabwe is the absolute silence and murderous neglect that Black Communities in particular in the United States have exhibited towards Zimbabwe's Dictatorship. During the days of apartheid, the whole world essentially boycotted and attempted to starve both South Africa and Zimbabwe into submission; subsequently due to the immense international economic pressure these two countries had but little choice than to submit to the will of the international community, unfortunately led by the viciously anti-American and anti-Israel United Nations. Additionally, there were thousands of protests throughout the United States led by Black Groups and civil rights organizations spanning a wide range of communities. Yet, it is dumbfounding why the Black Community in the US, have not a lifted a finger or enacted any form of pressure towards South Africa who essentially control the economic future of Zimbabwe. If the will were present, South Africa has the ability to freeze the assets of the entire Government of Zimbabwe and effectively dismounting this regime whose only accomplishment since Zimbabwe became an independent country in 1980 has been suffering and killing of innocence. Simply stating, South Africa controls the spiget of life to the Mugabe Regime; so for goodness sakes shame on you Jesse and Al for not even making the first turn to close that spigot of life to a regime whose only ideology is misery.

Further, while civil rights organizations have their raison d'etre in fighting racism, where were the voices of Jesse Jackson, one of the most powerful and wealthiest civil rights activists in the world standing up for white farmers who were being forcibly removed from their homes and farms because they were white? Where was Al Sharpton, as the Government of Zimbabwe enacted a policy of ethnic cleaning to ensure that Zimbabwe is cleanesed of its white community? Can it possibly be that civil rights "champions" of the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would actually turn a blind eye to a black dictator making life measurably far worse for fellow blacks than had been at any time during the history of apartheid rule? Civil rights organizations who in the past championed an anti-apartheid agenda are now today's hypocrites, not only are they liable for the deaths and suffering that the people of Zimbabwe are experiencing but the United Nations who can't even control their own soldiers from rapping young girls in The Congo are liable as well. While whites and blacks who stand up against Mugabe are being massacred at will, The UN continues to embrace Mugabe and further his legitimization further causing pain and grief on ordinary Zimbabwe Citizens.

Let us not forget, as we Americans celebrate our freedom from British Tyranny on the fourth of July and as Israel celebrates her successful rescue operation of Israeli Hostages from the clutches of Palestinian Terrorists in Entebbe, Uganda; it's my hope that The People of Zimbabwe will one day enjoy their freedom as well.