After Mugabe won the first free elections - he promised to resettle blacks on to white land.
This I am sure would have helped Zimbabwe get off to a good start as a country that had newly gained its independence, by allowing the majority of its population to get the land they deserved after being buggered about by the European Settlers there.
The British Government gave £44 000 000 to help Mugabe and his government achieve this aim.
However, the United Kingdom has said that much of the land has ended up in the hands of Mugabe's associates rather than the poor.
Other international donors have stopped giving money for similar reasons.
We did not try just grant them independence and leave.
We gave them independence and tried to help them, unfortunately for everyone involved Muagbe didn't stay true to his word.
Excellent points. I think we can finally reach come consensus here and say that both sides acted pretty much like ****heads. Which ties up my (broken record) point nicely that everything we talk about in here is never black and white. No pun intended. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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This I am sure would have helped Zimbabwe get off to a good start as a country that had newly gained its independence, by allowing the majority of its population to get the land they deserved after being buggered about by the European Settlers there.
The British Government gave £44 000 000 to help Mugabe and his government achieve this aim.
However, the United Kingdom has said that much of the land has ended up in the hands of Mugabe's associates rather than the poor.
Other international donors have stopped giving money for similar reasons.
We did not try just grant them independence and leave.
We gave them independence and tried to help them, unfortunately for everyone involved Muagbe didn't stay true to his word.