UK Weighed Ousting 'Depressingly Fit' Mugabe, Not Its Own Colonial Legacy
Funny how the primary concern was Mugabe's physical vigor, not the glaring irony of a former colonial power considering military intervention in a nation struggling with the very economic structures it inherited. The 'depressing fitness' of Mugabe apparently stood in the way of a 'stable transition,' a phrase often used to mask neocolonial interests when a leader refuses to play ball. Meanwhile,
the UK continues to avoid serious examination of its historical culpability in Zimbabwean land distribution issues, which fueled much of the internal conflict. Perhaps instead of plotting coups, Westminster could have sent over a few economists to help dismantle the exploitative economic architecture that benefited British companies for decades. But no, confronting one's own imperial past is far
less appealing than discussing who might physically remove a 'troublesome' former liberation fighter. What a shocker.