And just like that....
.... before you know it....
.... phhhht....
.... he's gone.
Mugabe has done it again, with a little help from his friends... Mbeki, China, Russia. By the time you read this the press coverage of Zimbabwe will be back to virtually nothing, and the world will start its not-very-long process of forgetting.
Based on a quick tally of the newswires this morning, there were 38 mentions of Zimbabwe in the global English-language press yesterday versus 300 to 500 at the time of the recent election. See below for a very non-scientific graph showing the rise and fall of moral outrage in today's world:
Hi Max - I like this post. Shows all too clearly why Mugabe has scant regard for international opinion. Plus it made me laugh.
Good to see you this am.
Nic
Posted by: Nic Brisbourne | July 18, 2008 at 02:57 PM