Honestly, what does Mugabe want? He’s been the head of Zimbabwe’s government for almost 30 years. During that time, he may have ushered in some type of independence for his country as a black leader, but he also disembowed a bag of heinous tricks onto its people as well. I mean, claiming that you’re a beacon of democracy to your people and then imposing severe racism, war, arrests and torture of human rights lawyers and opposition members of parliament, land and farm seizures, and starvation onto them is kind of like wearing a prison suit with a “FREEDOM!” iron on. Its more than just a little tacky. It’s a lie. 
Not to mention that Zimbabwe currently has an inflation rate hovering around 100,000%, leaving many of its citizens unable to afford simple staples like bread and grains. However, what’s most astonishing has been his frequent reference to Hitler. Which leads us to one of the worst lines of diplomacy of the twentieth century:
Mugabe: “This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources. If that is Hitler, then let me be a Hitler tenfold.”
Really? If that’s Mugabe, then let me be Mitt Romney. Where’s the proof, Mug? And to top things off, he claims to be a Catholic. Zimbabwe may never be a colony again, but even in postcolonial times the old saying is still ringing true: absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Diplometer says: F for being a once promising but now utterly shameful failure to the world; F for dragging down a once promising country into economic freefall; F- for comparing yourself to Hitler; and F- for calling opponents “born again colonialists ” instead of yourself. (And a bonus shame on you for dragging God into it.)
Overall Diplometer Reading: F (62)
Tags: Africa, Mitt Romney, Mugabe, Politics, The Undiplomat
