Quote Originally Posted by Crocodile View Post
Why is Zimbabwe which "sits on gold reserves worth trillions" is so poor? Because of the IMF constantly looking for whom it can impoverish it hadn't yet and the CIA dreaming of placing some brand-new military bases in Zimbabwe?
Because it is suffering in general from the legacy of colonialism, because the leadership is incompetent and it lost some of the foreign aid and support it used to recieve in the past. It also doesn't have enough educated people, and there is corruption throughout the country.

Why not prostitute yourself for cash? Well I have personally recieved such offers when I was well and truly broke, while at university. I declined because I did not want to live the rest of my life knowing I'd done such a thing. I am not sure a man can understand that. Perhaps if I'd been actually starving I would have done it, but it should be the absolute last resort for a decent women.

Perhaps a country where people are starving have a responsibility to do whatever they can, including IMF loans. But that is not the case anywhere in Europe or the Middle East.

But why not ask yourself this instead Croc; with all the rhetoric against a perfectly decent country like Belarus, and others like Syria, Iran etc.... Why is there no interest in Zimbabwe? In England, the only interest is in the "white farmers" whose property is confiscated by the government.

Zimbabwe is in the backwaters of Africa, there are no real potential future consumers and ultimately gold is not that unusual as a natural reserve. Lots of countries have plenty. There is no shortage of gold per se.

But if the USA and others MUST go and meddle in other countries, then Zimbabwe is exactly where I think tit though. I believe China is investing there though - infrastructure for natural resources, and the agenda is fairly open, they do not bother talking about democracy, human rights etc.