Zimbabwe Needs Terrorism

[LoneGunman]

Of course when I say 'terrorism' - I mean acts of sabotage against the roads, bridges, power lines which connect it to SA, as well as a constant disruption of its petrol supplies.

I have to wonder about the balls of the expat Zim people, not to mention their lack of ability to take any meaningful action.

A few well-placed charges to disrupt the Eskom power supply going into Zim,
(or a couple of bridges here and there structurally weakened.)

And if there's any overland oil pipes, have those smacked in fifteen different places.

Thereafter, lone sniper attacks on any oil tankers going up from beit bridge. It'll take just a couple of dead drivers, to stop the overland delivery of petrol via road completely.

One small piece of electronic equipment near the airport can easily interfere with, and jam airplanes on approach, rendering the airport useless. (Or the low tech method - one spotter with binoculars and a cellphone, and a flurry of mortars onto the runways. Bye bye any large planes arriving or departing.)

A low grade, easy-to-make fertilizer truck bomb by the Zim stock exchange would disrupt the profit taking by the multinationals (and SA Gov people) making quiet fortunes while the country starves.

Zim then starts genuinely grinding to a halt.

But I guess SA people and the Zim expats are either clueless, or ball-less - and would prefer to pretend there's nothing they can do.

Much easier to believe that the ANC government isn't deliberately allowing social instability in SA, in order to create a climate of fear and terror, and prevent genuine national unity to overthrow its stalinist and corrupt rule.

Much easier to sit at home, clutching your 'stuff' and pretend you once had a country, and a decent future.

Much easier to grumble online about the genocide taking place in a neighboring country.

 

[LazyLion]

Dude!!

you seriously need to talk to a professional!!!!

 

[supersunbird]

Nah, they are trying the approach of terrorism through total collapse of infrastructure due to the laws of thermodynamics...

 

[Flanders]

Seems like you've put some thought into this.






I'm in! When do we start?

 

[sox63]

I have to agree with the OP, the Zim people need to grow a pair and do something about Bob.

Change can only come from within, and they tried with votes, now its time to take back their freedom.

 

[gpe]

The answer lies within the military. Some big cheese leaders near the top need to be turned against Mugabe and temporarily seize control of the country. But perhaps its a case of them being so stupid they only know hot to take orders.

 

[TMoose]

Seek help. You're talking about murdering innocent civilians going about their jobs to spite uncle Bob. Sniping truck drivers, crashing airplanes? Are you insane? Why not just go snipe Bob himself if you're already a crazy murdering idiot?

 

[stix]

They pretty farked anyway - all they need is one bullet for one man

 

[Syndyre]

I have to agree with the OP, the Zim people need to grow a pair and do something about Bob.

Change can only come from within, and they tried with votes, now its time to take back their freedom.

There's a theory that its less likely to happen in a place like Zim because people are free to leave, unlike in for instance the Warsaw Pact states. So instead of resorting to such drastic measures people just come to SA. If they were forced to stay there they'd get more desperate and try and do something similar to what the OP suggested. Seems plausible to me.

 

[JustAsk]

There's a theory that its less likely to happen in a place like Zim because people are free to leave, unlike in for instance the Warsaw Pact states. So instead of resorting to such drastic measures people just come to SA. If they were forced to stay there they'd get more desperate and try and do something similar to what the OP suggested. Seems plausible to me.

Before '94 people were free to leave SA too...

 

[LazyLion]

sorry, but it is never right to kill innocent people for your own political objectives. I wish people would get that into their heads.

 

[OhGats]

Sorry to say, the only people who end up loosing with terrorism are the victims of it. Women, children, aged, infirm and innocents. While Zim is a disaster it is their disaster and they have to deal with it themselves. We have too many examples of terrorism gone wrong in this world already.

 

[JHatman]

A civil war maybe, but not terrorism. I've already seen enough pictures of dead children with this Hamas thing

 

[Xarog]

sorry, but it is never right to kill innocent people for your own political objectives. I wish people would get that into their heads.

But who is innocent?

Is Mugabe innocent? Mugabe leads an evil regime which kills innocent people every day. He's a tyrant and people's basic human rights are trampled upon. He intends to keep his power and makes sure the whole regime acts in a way to preserve his power.

Are the generals and the other officials within the regime innocent? They knowingly plan actions which leads to peoples deaths.

Are the lower level soldiers innocent? They knowingly kill people whom they know are opposiing the regime.

Then what about the civilians who knowingly work for the regime and keep it running? They knowingly provide the regime with the support it needs to stay afloat.

And what about those civilians, who see the atrocities occur on a daily basis, but do nothing to speak up or fight against it? Surely people have a responsibility not to allow evil to continue? Are they not guilty of allowing this to pass?

Now, I'm not trying to say who is innocent and who is not. I'm just trying to show that it is extremely difficult to draw the line. Would you work as a truck driver, delivering petrol to Mugabe's regime? If you had to, would you not feel bad over your actions? Would you feel entirely innocent regarding the plight of the Zimbabweans, knowing that your actions played a part in their suffering?

 

[iDenTiTy]

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[JHatman]

But who is innocent?

Is Mugabe innocent? Mugabe leads an evil regime which kills innocent people every day. He's a tyrant and people's basic human rights are trampled upon. He intends to keep his power and makes sure the whole regime acts in a way to preserve his power.

Are the generals and the other officials within the regime innocent? They knowingly plan actions which leads to peoples deaths.

Are the lower level soldiers innocent? They knowingly kill people whom they know are opposiing the regime.

Then what about the civilians who knowingly work for the regime and keep it running? They knowingly provide the regime with the support it needs to stay afloat.

And what about those civilians, who see the atrocities occur on a daily basis, but do nothing to speak up or fight against it? Surely people have a responsibility not to allow evil to continue? Are they not guilty of allowing this to pass?

Now, I'm not trying to say who is innocent and who is not. I'm just trying to show that it is extremely difficult to draw the line. Would you work as a truck driver, delivering petrol to Mugabe's regime? If you had to, would you not feel bad over your actions? Would you feel entirely innocent regarding the plight of the Zimbabweans, knowing that your actions played a part in their suffering?

In the WWII documentary World At War, a Jew who worked in Auschwitz who was part of a team responsible for incinerating hundreds of thousands of corpses said many years later in an interview; "Every single one of us will be surprised what we would be willing to do in order to ensure our own survival".

 

[Xarog]

In the WWII documentary World At War, a Jew who worked in Auschwitz who was part of a team responsible for incinerating hundreds of thousands of corpses said many years later in an interview; "Every single one of us will be surprised what we would be willing to do in order to ensure our own survival".

Indeed.

However, that man is still guilty of incinerating those corpses, no?

And let me just make it clear I'm not blaming anyone. Nor am I suggesting that anyone be taken to court and tried for crimes against humanity. I'm simply saying that it's quite easy to talking about "innocent civilians" while sitting behind your computer screen; it's not so easy to talk about innocent civilians while your survival is threatened.

 

[Ghazi]

I think LG is, in a round about way, asking the leading question, "if it worked for the ANC, then why not for Zim", or if the ANC had the balls why can't Zimbabweans grow some.

 

[JHatman]

Indeed.

However, that man is still guilty of incinerating those corpses, no?

And let me just make it clear I'm not blaming anyone. Nor am I suggesting that anyone be taken to court and tried for crimes against humanity. I'm simply saying that it's quite easy to talking about "innocent civilians" while sitting behind your computer screen; it's not so easy to talk about innocent civilians while your survival is threatened.

+1

 

[Xarog]

I think LG is, in a round about way, asking the leading question, "if it worked for the ANC, then why not for Zim", or if the ANC had the balls why can't Zimbabweans grow some.

There's some noticable differences though; White South Africans were outnumbered nearly 20 to 1. Zanu-PF and the MDC are faaaar closer to parity with each other. Any violent action would be risking a civil war, and all it would take to start would be Zanu-PF accusing the MDC of collaborating with terrorists.

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