When President Robert Mugabe graciously received us, he spent over two hours giving us the history of Zimbabwe. Although I and the delegation wanted to meet with the Minister of Information; the Minister of Land; the Minister of Mines; and the Minister of Education, we met them all in Pres. Mugabe, where he gave us a well-rounded view of the country. When Pres. Mugabe was alongside Joshua Nkomo, and the other great warriors—men, women and children—who were fighting for the liberation of this land, the Bushes of the world; the Tony Blairs of the world; the White people of the world referred to Pres. Mugabe in the language of terrorist. When I went to visit the National Heroes Acre burial grounds, and looked at what was written on the wall by the Whites who were running Southern Rhodesia at that time, I was surprised that they called those who struggle for liberation terrorists. After the events of September 11th, I said that the United Nations has to come up with a definition of what a terrorist is, and what a freedom fighter is. The standard must be raised so that you have a definition that we can look at, which is universally accepted. A man who is a terrorist can be defined as that—but no freedom fighter can be charged with being a terrorist when he’s fighting to liberate his land from the occupiers. Did you notice how quickly the enemy came to talk when Pres. Mugabe became the victor over the Whites, and it looked like he was about to take the capital? It is similar to the way the enemy “talked” with Charles Taylor when he was about to take Monrovia. The enemy wanted to make a deal with Charles Taylor and tell him, “Let’s get elections;” however, they never thought that Charles Taylor would win the election. And after he won the election, America didn’t like him; didn’t support him, and fueled a civil war against him. Today, you have the so-called terrorist Mugabe, in Lancaster House with his comrades, arguing over the land question. When he accepted in the Constitution that for 10 years Blacks would ask Whites to give up the land, and would buy it back—that’s a hell of a compromise. Somebody stole your land and then wants you to buy back what they stole? That compromise, from the beginning, is what put Zimbabwe in the trouble that the country is in. Because when you are at war with your enemy, you’ve got to take your enemy out so that your land is yours from day one!
Posted By: Steven Muhammad
Monday, July 21st 2008 at 5:18PM
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