[KALASHNIKOV]

American diplomat ‘an idiot’

Herald Reporter

PRESIDENT Mugabe has described US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson as an idiotic little fellow for trying to lecture Zimbabwe on how to conduct affairs of State.

The President, who met Carson on the sidelines of the just-ended African Union Summit in Sirte, Libya, at the request of the US diplomat, said he had been angered by Carson’s condescending attitude.

Responding to a question on whether anything had come out of the meeting, the first such interaction between the President and a US government official in years, President Mugabe said he hoped Carson was speaking in his individual capacity and not for US President Barack Obama.

‘‘No, you wouldn’t speak to an idiot of that nature. I was very angry with him, and he thinks he could dictate to us what to do and what not to do in the inclusive Government.

‘‘We have the whole of Sadc working with us, and you have the likes of little fellows like Carson, you see, wanting to say: ‘You do this, you do that.’

‘‘Who is he?

‘‘I hope he was not speaking for Obama. I told him he was a shame, a great shame, being an African-American, an Afro-American for that matter.’’

Sources who attended the meeting said Carson, who succeeded the abrasive Jendayi Frazer of the George W. Bush era, was briefed on the process leading to the inclusive Government, the current state of the coalition Government and working relations between the three parties to the inclusive Government.

The meeting came in the wake of recent attempts by the US and its

allies to trash the inclusive Government by claiming that it was failing to meet set ‘‘benchmarks’’ even though all the parties to the inclusive Government have given the Government a clean bill of health.

Zanu-PF, MDC-T and MDC leaders have pledged their commitment to resolving any problems arising from the implementation of the Global Political Agreement among themselves, saying there was no need to refer issues to the guarantor of the GPA, Sadc.

During Prime Minister Tsvangirai’s recent tour of Western capitals, where he also met Carson, among other US officials, the ‘‘benchmarks’’ were cited as an excuse to maintain the illegal sanctions regime on Zimbabwe and to deny the country development support.

Carson, a career African-American diplomat, served as US ambassador to Zimbabwe from 1995 to 1997, and ended his tenure just before the bilateral dispute with Britain flared up.

THE HERALD

[centurion]

"an idiotic little fellow", lol.

[kwv.]

Aaaah, poor Bhobho! Does anyone think carson gives a toss what a Failed Dictator says?

[Dr GBH]

Thats where I like Prof RG Mugabe.

He takes no prisoners. He takes no bullshit.

Carson can try his luck on the scruffy fat ugly semi-literate Buhera matshayinyoka.

[Refugee]

Thats where I like Prof RG Mugabe.

He takes no prisoners. He takes no bullshit.

Carson can try his luck on the scruffy fat ugly semi-literate Buhera matshayinyoka.

I wonder what yankshithole thinks of the 'diplomacy"

LOL!

[DRUDGE]

Sekuru vaakunyanya manje

[centurion]

thats vintage Mugabe at his best.

[miranda]

If the economy of imbabawe had a pulse, I would support Mugabe. But the way it is right now, he should be ashamed to even call himself a Zimbabwean citizen. When failure is repeated time and again, outsiders tend to be easing pickings. Does Mugabe's outlash help the people of Zimbabwe one iota? Hell No. We have all seen Mugabe waive his fist and dangle his testicles (sort of) in the past and that did nothing but put the country on a path to destruction. If when a leader speaks and nothing happens to the local stock exchange, meaning there is no movement at all either way, that leader is an excuse of a leader.

[The Proud Zimbabwean]

Shame for anyone to cheerlead this excuse for a Leader. He is the idiot and little fellow with no economy to talk about.
He thinks he is important but does not realize he is worth something only to Zanoids and not Zimbabweans...