Friday, March 11, 2005

Geldof To Mugabe: Get Lost!

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Sir Bob Geldof--the author of my favorite quote ever--has the balls to say to dictators what Chirac or Zapatero would never:

London - Irish rocker Bob Geldof, the Live Aid founder and campaigner for debt relief, on Friday called Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe an "ageing creep" and criticised Uganda leader Yoweri Museveni for making a bid for a third presidency. "Get out", Geldof said in a fiery message to Mugabe delivered at the London launch of a much-heralded report by the British-sponsored Commission for Africa.
...During a blue-ribbon launch led by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Geldof spiked his speech with invectives when describing Mugabe's long-time grip on his southern African state.
Museveni, who came to power in a coup d'etat in 1986 and is trying to ease presidential term limits to stand for a third term, should "give up", Geldof said, accusing the Ugandan of aiming at lifelong rule.


'Tis a shame that more Euro's don't have the backbone of Geldof. He has done more for the African continent than anyone and believes deeply that they can be saved. Too bad the European leaders don't.

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