The Zimbabwean Intervention

Intervention is not popular. A military incursion into a former colonial dominion is especially awkward. So much so that whenever I have mentioned the prospect or urgency of an intervention to remove Mugabe and the lunatic elements of the ZANU (PF), like Joyce Mujuru, over the last three years I've been starred at like a black man at a KKK rally. It is a terrible weakness and frankly morally dubious that this option is only being seriously considered now. Its not going to be pleasant, there will be some unintended consequences, and we will have to reconfront the legacy of colonialism. What is happening now in Zimbabwe, and what has been allowed to happen to that country, are so much worse. Mugabe will not be pressured. He will not change. He has tightened his grip. It may be ugly but he must be removed by force by us and now.