Wednesday, August 13, 2008
HR2003 'Inhofed', but alive and well (Addis Voice)
On Planet Inhofe, Mugabe is an "authoritarian" leader by conducting elections that are "tainted by intimidation of voters and violence against the opposition party and their supporters", but Zenawi is a benevolent leader who has "taken significant steps to regain a democratic process that is fair and respectful of human rights" by jailing opposition leaders, human rights advocates and journalists, and thousands of ordinary citizens suspected of disloyalty to his regime. Mugabe is a heartless and ruthless despot for "threatening already hungry people to either vote for Mugabe or starve", but Zenawi is an enlightened leader for weaponizing famine against civilians, creating the second largest refugee population (after Darfur) in Africa, and condemning 13 million Ethiopians to avoidable famine. "It is time for Mugabe to allow his people to decide the next phase and direction of their country," but it is NOT time for Zenawi to do the same in Ethiopia....more..