I don't see why the same Mugabe, who 17 years ago wanted to sponsor an ill-fated and same mission against the Malawian dictator, the late Kamuzu Banda cry foul when it is his turn.
The military action against Kamuzu is still an issue under wraps, even the people of Malawi don't know that they, at one time, were to find themselves in embroiled in a war whose origins they didn't know.
The politicians who connived with Mugabe for the Malawi invasion are still alive. And for the sake of their already dirtied political life in Malawi, they prefer that the issue die a natural death.
It pains me to see Zimbabwe going to the dogs and yet SADC leaders stand akimbo, preaching to the world that the Zimbabwean problem is an internal problem. These are the same leaders, almost most of them, who were also involved in a plot to oust Kamuzu by force 17 years ago on the pretext that he was a dictator.
Yet the same dictatorship has arisen in the name of Mugabe and all are turning a blind eye to the catastrophe that will swallow the whole region (cholera already spreading to South Africa and who knows which country next).
Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe hosted the so-called liberators' who were by then supposed to make a coordinated attack on Malawi from three fronts.
But surprisingly, the Tanzanian leadership have stood with their heads high, playing angels saying military action should not be an option in Zimbabwe. What hypocrisy!
The mission in Malawi was not to ignite a full scale war, but to encourage the oppressed population of Malawi to rise against the dictatorship of Kamuzu.
As a person who was affected, and witnessed the whole drama unveiling, I feel this episode of history should not be swept under the carpet.
Libya was responsible for training the liberators' for two years. And I still recall that the lead person in the plot was Atati Mphakati. ZTV has evidence of this. If one doubts this story rewind to 1992, when there was a memorial service for Mphakati in Zimbabwe held at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare.
The service was featured on the ZTV news bulletin, and showed a group of men marching and doing their drills in Jamahirah, a language used in Libya. These were the same men who were trained to topple Kamuzu.
Now Mugabe has turned from hero to villain, so why shouldn't the same action apply? I feel the SADC leaders are being hypocritical in even receiving the so called evidence tendered by the Zimbabwean government purporting a plot by Botswana to destabilise that country.
If Mugabe went to that length, that is training militants to ouster his fellow dictator, then the equation should apply to him as well. I crave to see the truth of this issue come to light one day. Malawians are still of the notion that pastoral letters gave them their freedom.
But in essence it was a threat of an attack by the former SADCC, which brought the dictator Kamuzu back to earth. The pastoral letters were given prominence to hide the embarrassment that Kamuzu was subjected to by his fellow head of states.
They were the icing on an already baked cake. And yet Malawians, 14 years after the coming of democracy still cling to the view that the Catholic Church was their liberators.
But for now, the issue is about Zimbabwe. Mugabe should face the test of his own medicine. If in principle, he believed that SADCC should be rid of dictators; his principal should also apply to him.
I do not advocate for violence nor for undemocratic manners of disposing rulers. But in Zimbabwe there is no democracy to talk about. During the signing of the power sharing agreement with the opposition, MDC, Mugabe made it plain that he doesn't believe in democracy.
He said democracy is a difficult proposition, so what does he believe in? All I am saying is that he either steps down or he face the consequences of holding humanity at ransom.
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