Mugabe like Pol Pot

Mad Bob has never done anything right in his life. Always driven by greed and thirst for power and glory, he has managed to destroy a country that maintained itself; he could have sat back and enjoyed life, but dictators seldom do.

His recent "initiatives" are another sign that he is a fool: if he is trying to destroy the opposition by driving the urban population that opposes him to the rural areas, it will not work (it is backfiring, in fact); if it is revenge against those who voted against him, it is even more stupid.

Whatever the reasons behind the evictions, killings, demolitions and burnings, they have caught the attention of the international community precisely when everybody was trying to forget the recent rigged parliamentary elections. Transforming Zimbabwe in another Rwanda or Darfur will alienate his few friends and give them, hopefully, an opportunity to confront their ill-informed public.

His associates, if at least a modest censure can be elicited from other African countries at the G8 Summit, will begin (if they haven't yet) to realize that their pickings are diminishing, that Mugabe has become a liability for his own party ZANU PF and that whithout a political cover, they could be torn to pieces the moment Mugabe leaves office or is eliminated. Most importantly, the army as well will start feeling that its position is untenable (despite declarations to the contrary).

He should not worry, though; he will get his equestrian statue smack in the middle of independence square. Even the clueless Samora Machel (who did many of the same mistakes) got one. Mugabe, however, should remember that people and pigeons know what to do with silly monuments.