Yet another reason to hope Mugabe loses
"The Ethiopian Supreme Court has sentenced the country's former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death...The former leader is, however, unlikely to face execution as he has lived in exile in Zimbabwe since he was ousted from power in 1991. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government is not expected to extradite him". Source
A brief anecdote to give the man's measure: "He shouted "Death to counterrevolutionaries! Death to the EPRP!" and then produced two bottles of what appeared to be blood and smashed them to the ground to show what the revolution would do to its enemies". Source
More substantially, the toll from the 80s famines lies at squarely at his door as does the Ukrainian 'Harvest of Sorrow' at Stalin's.
A brief anecdote to give the man's measure: "He shouted "Death to counterrevolutionaries! Death to the EPRP!" and then produced two bottles of what appeared to be blood and smashed them to the ground to show what the revolution would do to its enemies". Source
More substantially, the toll from the 80s famines lies at squarely at his door as does the Ukrainian 'Harvest of Sorrow' at Stalin's.
Labels: Ethiopia, sic semper tyrannis
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