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DEAR EDITOR - When President Barack Obama renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe he said the tiny Southern African country posed a great risk to US interests.

President Obama renewed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) for another year to punish Zimbabwe.

Mr Obama is being selective in his stance.

There are many countries that threaten US interests and they would make Zimbabwe look like a joke.

One wonders why President Obama dilly-dallies with these countries, while making a lot of noise about Zimbabwe.

Mr Obama should know that America is but one country in a world with many countries and we all cannot live like Americans.

If President Obama is sincere about observing global rules, he should sign the Rome Statute and make sure the US is a member of, and bound by, the International Criminal Court.

That way, US servicemen and leaders can also be tried for war crimes if they kill innocent civilians. They we can respect its noise on many issues.

America cannot have its cake and eat it.



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By: Omugabe on 3/18/10
Totally and completely disagree with the nutty notion of USA joining the so-called ICC, Mpofu!

USA not join ICC FARCE, Mpofu, helps to remind the rest of the world how little European people understand the basis of Law, Order & Justice!

If ICC & USA were good entities, then they would have naturally 'merged'.
If they are both bad, they could also 'merge'. However, by not merging, they prove that one or BOTH are bad entities!

Mpofu, ICC is a European TOOL (as ALL European-created entities are) to help promote divisiveness and European world domination.

Americans know well the devilishness of their own kind in Europe.
And so, the Americans do not want to answer to the other evil european powers, AND NEITHER SHOULD AFRICANS want to answer to the UNJUST and evil Europeans!

By: Omugabe on 3/18/10
Totally and completely disagree with the nutty notion of USA joining the so-called ICC, Mpofu!

USA not join ICC FARCE, Mpofu, helps to remind the rest of the world how little European people understand the basis of Law, Order & Justice!

If ICC & USA were good entities, then they would have naturally 'merged'.
If they are both bad, they could also 'merge'. However, by not merging, they prove that one or BOTH are bad entities!

Mpofu, ICC is a European TOOL (as ALL European-created entities are) to help promote divisiveness and European world domination.

Americans know well the devilishness of their own kind in Europe.
And so, the Americans do not want to answer to the other evil european powers, AND NEITHER SHOULD AFRICANS want to answer to the UNJUST and evil Europeans!

By: vicegrip on 3/19/10
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTGOVANTICORR/Resources/Kenya_HumanRightsCommission_web.pdf

Read this as outlined above.
Most enlightening!
The west has been throwing millions at Kenya and the Kenyan people have not benefitted one iota. On the other hand the west are intent on Sanctions and squeezing blood from a stone in Zimbabwe.
Obama obviously doesnt mind being screwed by his own people. Imagine if he was half-Zimbo? We would all be laughing all the way to the bank by now.
President Obama needs to take the blinkers from his rose-tinted spectacles so that he can read the writing on the wall. FAST!

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