Your Nobel Prize winner should have been: Morgan Tsvangirai

Most deserving person over the last year for the Nobel Peace Prize has been Morgan Tsvangirai. How can anyone really argue against it? Here is a picture of him being after being beaten by government thugs, and an inset of the ultimate thugocrat, Mugabe.

Now emboldened by the Nobel committee snub of Tsvangarai, Mugabe has stopped cooperating, and the prospects for peace and democracy in Zimbabwe are dim. By placing politics above reality, the Nobel committee has damaged Africa. As punishment, they should have to live in Zimbabwe.

Mugabe, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Zelaya

It seems to me that it is fair to link Zelaya with Chavez. What seems to be less reported is that they both supported Ahmadinejad, and the brutal repressions in his re-elections. (I still have a green ribbon on my car, by the way, even though I am not actively blogging on Iran.) I think it is also appropriate to link all of them with Mugabe in Zimbabwe. The people of Zimbabwe have suffered for years due to his cruel repressions. I am very happy to see them finally be able to have some small slice of order. One recommended blog is This is Zimbabwe. It has an interesting post on the struggles of Morgan Tsvangarai. It is a model that Honduras has thankfully avoided, but Venezuela seems to be swiftly becoming the Zimbabwe of South America.