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Zimbabwe is War 2.0. You know how things moved online? Well, Zimbabwe is what happens when a media and economic war is waged against a country. The war is between Britain and Zimbabwe, and the REALLY sad part is that all of you have been convinced by the one-sided propaganda you read. How many of you who think you know the entire story have actually ever read the Zimbabwean side of things?

It's war 2.0 folks, and you don't even realise it. Africa has a completely different perspective on the Zimbabwe conflict, but in your freedom to read whatever they provide for you to read, you have no other sources of information.

>>maxkle+(OP)
I didn't really want to respond to this off topic post. I didn't read the article, so I'm not exactly sure what you mean by it been war 2.0 or Africa having a different perspective of Zimbabwe than the rest of the World.

I live in South Africa. I've spoken to many Africans who seem to agree with the rest of the world, as do I. This war between Britain and Zimbabwe? That's the sad delusions of Robert Mugabe and his friends... Used to fuel hatred.

I'm utterly confused and actually disgusted that you're comparing the situation in Zimbabwe to the movement of the Internet?

>>maxkle+(OP)
Have you ever been to Zimbabwe?

>>maxkle+(OP)
I believe that this is one of those situations where there is no "other side". Robert Mugabe has destroyed his country's economy and stolen an election, all for the sake of his own personal power. This is pretty much par for the course in most of Africa.

>>maxkle+(OP)
Please would you justify and/or provide some evidence for your claims that this is and economic war being waged. It seems to me, a briton with Zimbabwean friends whose tales back up those expressed in the article, that you are being misinformed.

>>maxkle+(OP)
Can you provide a link to the "Zimbabwean side of things"?

>>maxkle+(OP)
I was in Zimbabwe in September of last year. This article matches very closely with our impressions of the political climate of the country and seems consistent with the opinions of the Zimbabweans we talked to -- at least, those who were willing to talk openly about politics. Certainly there's an economic war going on, but it seems a civil war, where any semblance of a functioning economy has long since been manipulated into uselessness by Mugabe's hand. I carry my own biases to be sure, but it was hard not to draw this conclusion from what we saw last year and the terrible decline since then.

Zimbabwe's current situation is complex, charged, and forged out of decades of conflict among groups inside and outside the country. I can't argue outright there isn't another broad perspective on what's happening, but I'd like to read about it for myself. Please post links.