By: Cde TN
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Greetings to you Zimbabweans!
I thought I should share with you my sentiments towards the economic sanctions imposed by US upon our country Zimbabwe.
Like always, let me begin by appreciating the gallant sons and daughters of the soil, who laid their lives for this nation and continent.
I salute you!!
Two groups of people I think should wake-up from the political slumber.
- Those who campaign for the uplifting of sanctions, pushing the banner “SANCTIONS MUST GO”
- Those who campaign for free and fair elections.
There is nothing like free and fair elections, even in the USA. Politics is about using whatever you have at your disposal to outsmart your opponent or competitor. It will never be fair.
Likewise, sanctions are also a diplomatic tool used by US or institutions to push their agenda and interests. It’s either you submit to them or get sanctioned.
The intended purpose or motive of these sanctions is to coerce the government of the targeted country to change its behaviour to America’s liking or to make the populace suffer so much that they overthrow the government FOR the US. Sanctions are meant to bring a nation to its knees.
The US wants to turn self sufficient countries into aid-dependant nations. After imposing sanctions, the countries that impose sanctions will pretend like they care by delivering aid. The blockade costs created by sanctions the US imposed were over $30 billion and after such a punishment, Venezuela was given a so called humanitarian aid worthy $20 million. To me its a way of saying, “I’m choking and killing you so that I can reward you with a cookie.”
That’s real global politics, using whatever they have, to push their interests.
Human rights violations are mere diplomatic justifications used to cover up the main reason behind the imposition of sanctions. For instance, in our country Zimbabwe, we don’t hear of sanctions imposed after Gukurahundi, because by then, we were a Western puppet. Aslong you have accepted to be a puppet, you can violate human rights and yet no sanctions would be imposed.
This is why I condemn campaigns against sanctions. To me, they sound politically shallow.
You don’t campaign for sanctions to go but you outsmart them.
Actually, when our regional boards like SADC, supports the “SANCTION MUST GO” mantra, they are actually pushing a foreign agenda that Pan-Africanism is not achievable, we will need to be puppets of the West or East to survive, which is actually an insult to African Intelligence.
To me, imposition of sanction is sign that you are in the right direction of achieving your national and continental DESTINY. Any country without sanctions imposed, is enough proof that it’s a Western or Eastern puppet, sunk deep into their pocket.
Zimbabwe or Africa has the resources. We just have to shun corruption and utilise the resources we have. We just have to rise above sanction. If we want to rise into a super-power, then we need to outsmart diplomatic economic sabotage. The politics between political parties is just a pinch of sand in a desert, meant to divert our mind from the real politics, which is the global politics. This is when you make sure your nation or continent compete and achieve by being a super-power.
African destiny is bigger than what we see or think. It is the biggest threat to the West or East. They know that Africa is a sleeping giant.
So let’s stop singing the old hymes synthesized with Western or Eastern propaganda. Sanctions don’t need to go, unless we accept being puppets of the foreign powers. We just need to outsmart them. Our late great African leader, Gaddafi lectured us how we can achieve our Destiny.
PAN-AFRICANISM is the way. It doesn’t suffocate the majority neither loot the resources to benefit only a minority. It pushes policies that defends and benefit its people. We don’t even need democracy or elections to achieve the Zimbabwe and Africa we want. Those are foreign systems.
Even the $US is not precious more than our fertile land, wildlife and minerals. Failure to utilise the resources we have, will prove their propaganda correct and even destroy our path to African destiny.
Actually, we need to build our country and continent, above partisan lines. Zimbabwe is bigger than any political party. We won’t achieve the Zimbabwe we want as ZanuPf or opposition but as Zimbabweans. Let’s hold hands and move together. Toxic politics will only benefit politicians.
Let’s transform our mindset by
prioritising the well-being of the most vulnerable poorest people of our society and the future generations. We also need to invest more in intelligence, so that we can match and outsmart their intelligence organisations, responsible for orchestrating the systems that pull us down.
Conclusively, poor leadership that loots national resources is what we need to address.
Africa should actually outsmart and rise above sanctions!!
