Letter From Africa
By Jan Lamprecht
Africa correspondent
pbs@iafrica.com
A quick note. Do you know that 2.5 million blacks died in the war
in the DRC (Zaire) since it started in 1998? Do you remember my "Great African War" articles for you and
WorldNetDaily? I must at some point do a bit of a write-up about it and how such a
tragedy could happen and the WORLD doesn't hear a PEEP about it. Everything in Afghanistan, the Middle East, India/Pakistan
pales by comparison in terms of scale and killing.
If UNITA in Angola collapses because of the death of Savimbi, then Angola might be able to send more troops to the DRC and then the
Marxists will do better. Unless of course, UNITA finds a new and more able leader. But, as things stand, it looks like the war in the
DRC is dragging on as America and the Marxists fight it out. The withdrawal of
Mugabe, due to his many problems at home, on the other hand, works very much in America's
favor.
Do you know, the DRC [a.k.a., Congo or Zaire] is 1/4 the size of the USA? Anyway, the
way things look to me, the Great African War is far from over and one shudders to think what the final Death Toll will
be.
In Zimbabwe I'm watching with interest as the anti-Mugabe feeling is running very high and growing, and the speeches against
Mugabe are becoming tougher. I wonder if Mugabe will ever try to assassinate
Tsvangirai (Mugabe played a wonderful dirty trick by alleging there is a plot to kill him. He paid some dirt-bag in
Montreal to set Tsvangirai up). It seems to me, the initial stirrings of a civil war may be rising in Zimbabwe
now and the next 3 weeks will be very interesting.
Mugabe said he might go into exile in Nigeria. I'm not sure if he truly is willing to stand down or if this is
just talk to fool everyone that he will go with the outcome. Most of us believe he will fight it out.
To this end everything is in place - including a media blackout to hide the real events from most of the
world. Mugabe has the guns, the opposition has nothing. Tsvangirai actually gave
a speech the other day where he said that all the blacks know Mugabe will not accept the results if he loses. Then I heard the first
war-talk to ever come out of Tsvangirai's mouth. My neighbor has a black man working for him, Dixon. Dixon went
to Zimbabwe and came back a week later looking decidedly thinner because there is no food up there. The UN is feeding many but
560,000 are still starving. Dixon confided in him and said that life in Zimbabwe was better under white rule than under
Mugabe. The blacks want Mugabe out. But all the blacks outside Zim won't be able to cast their vote (2.3 million+) - so Mugabe could end up
staying in power if he even gets say, 1/3rd of the vote. This next month in Zimbabwe is going to be
wild, wild, wild - unlike anything in its history, ever.
The ex-Zimbabwean blacks are fed-up. Life in Zimbabwe is harsh now. Once more, if the
U.S. Government had any sense, they would come in, arm the opposition and we could all drive
Mugabe out (lots of whites would join in I assure you). There are 2 million Zimbabwean blacks in South Africa alone. A veritable army
is waiting here. All they need are guns and they could drive Mugabe out in a matter of months. They want to go home, but can't
because they'd die there. I say, if Mugabe loses, but cheats to stay in power, it would be the easiest thing on Earth to simply start
a war from our side of the border to drive him out for once and for all. Millions of blacks from Zim would flood to join and you'd see
Mugabe swept from power in no time at all. The mood up there is so right.
But it will never happen. South Africa wants Mugabe to remain in power. Maybe if the USA tried something from Botswana they
could still do it. I would be most surprised if something like that actually happened. Instead, I think we will just be flooded with
blacks from Zim. On the other hand, the Zim army is blocking the border to South Africa, and our army is also on our side blocking it.
So God-knows where the blacks are going to run. Are they going to be murdered en-masse inside Zimbabwe, or will they flee to other
countries? Who knows? It's all very unstable.
Africa is still a battlefield for the World's Powers. America, Russia, China, Cuba, Libya, North Korea and others are still playing the
game here. China is becoming a big player. As I have said continually, European colonialism was the only thing which brought peace to
Africa. Its removal has only unleashed new wars. People forget that Africa used
to be a tribal battleground. But now it will be much worse than in the tribal days because of big players in the rest of the
world funding different sides. In this regard Africa is the hell-hole of the world
where wars can drag on for 20-40 years at a stretch and leave countries in total ruin.
America is still a player in Africa. Sometimes things go America's way, but I do believe, in the end, America will lose and all of Africa
will be 100 percent Marxist/Socialist - a bona fide hell on Earth - and then more blacks will flee than ever to Europe, USA, etc.
Anyway, I think I must write some articles in preparation for the Zimbabwean
election.