Mugabe says 'only God' can remove him

Saturday 21st June, 05:52 AM JST

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15 Comments

some14some at 08:01 AM JST - 21st June

'only God' can remove him? Then Biti may be God's avatar because they say God never appears physically. No, it is unlikely somebody will be able to remove Mugabe from power through elections.
OssanULTRA at 09:08 AM JST - 21st June

It would be really funny if he got hit by lightening.
HonestDictator at 10:56 AM JST - 21st June

No kidding Ossan. lol that would be a great and wonderful smiting.
Triumvere at 11:32 AM JST - 21st June

Let us all pray that He does.
tclh at 12:13 PM JST - 21st June

Where are those powerful Tomahawk missiles which destroyed Bagdad before?
WilliB at 01:18 PM JST - 21st June

God appointed him? Then why hold elections at all? He could have saved the trouble.
Madverts at 04:26 PM JST - 21st June

Those MDC supporters need to stop suiciding themselves and blaming it on poor, Wronged, Mr Mugabe.
skipthesong at 04:45 PM JST - 21st June

amazing that at one point, he was hailed as a god like figure because he stood up to the White Rhodesia. It only goes to show, be careful who support, you never know when they will come back and bite you.
wilbur at 06:34 PM JST - 21st June

it's amazing this guy hasn't been clipped by now
unscrejects at 08:32 PM JST - 21st June

Madverts: you'll never have our resources! Our land is ours and never will the South African dogs aka MDC rule Zimbabwe! Over my dead body!
damexicanbuda at 02:27 AM JST - 22nd June

Zimbabwe used to be a "model country" for Africa when the white man ruled it not, most whites are being told to leave and good old Mugabe, is turning a once great country into the laghing stock of not only the entire African continent but of the entire world. Only God can remove him?? Boy he is luck the US is too busy fighting in Iraq and Afganistan, because I think GOD would come swooping down on him in the form of some nice laser guided missiles. Let us pray for the poor Zimbawaens who have to put up with this idiot!
Madverts at 05:39 PM JST - 22nd June

Reject,

I'm on your side now. These terrorist hugging supporters of the MDC are just evil beating themselves up and killing thelmselves in order to blame it on poor, Wronged, Mr Mugabe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7467778.stm

Personally, I'm relieved "God" is sorting this one out.
Triumvere at 02:15 AM JST - 23rd June

Well, unscrejects, you appear to have gotten your wish; Morgan Tsvangirai has bowed out of the race, and Mugabe wins by default.

I can't say that I blame him, but I am terribly disappointed; I know there were two lines of thought about whether pulling out (rejecting an undemocratic process, and refusing to legitimize a corrupt system) or staying in (and taking the fight to the polls, no mater what the cost showing that the people will not be intimidated) in would be right choice, however I strongly felt that the people of Zimbabwe need to fight for their freedom, starting with the ballot box.

No one is coming to rescue the people of Zimbabwe; the US and Britain are spent (both in terms of manpower, will, and political capital), the UN and the EU will do little more than bluster, as always, and the African Union is ineffectual at best, and corrupt at worst. If the Zimbabweans do not fight to liberate themselves, how then can they be liberated?
RedMeatKoolAid at 09:49 PM JST - 23rd June

“Only God who appointed me will remove me—not the MDC, not the British.”

After the way the Brits were utterly humiliated by the Iranian Navy last year it's clear Mugabe feels emboldened.
unscrejects at 10:40 PM JST - 23rd June

Madverts my rant says it all - Mugabe is a non-player in the crisis. He was back in '97 and '98 when he went to Kabila's assistance. The people of Zimbabwe told him to leave the Congo to its demise. When he crossed Standard Chartered bank and the coup was set up by Peter Hain the people suddenly saw what Mugabe had seen back in '92 - the white farmers holding the country to ransome when they stopped growing food crops... The suffering inflicted on the masses make them the players. Hence my persistence in saying forget Bob and ask, "Why is the MDC so despised and why are African governments quiet - they're sitting on the fence. Remember that I sat in on a meeting in which Britain offered Mazda 32 million dollars to join the coup in '97.