Eddie Cross keeps on writing, optimistically at that. Where oh where does he find his eternal spring of MDC fervour from?

Of course it depends on who you’re speaking to. Some disillusioned MDC activists have been lamenting the party’s collective lack of intelligent strategising and their lack of any kind of consistent pressure bearing activism. Of particular concern was the MDC’s lethargic response to their cadres being abducted by Mugabe’s henchmen. Especially insulting was Tsvangirai’s late in the day threat to abandon any participation in The Talks unless the abducted people were produced by 1 January 2009. Where’s his sense of urgency and immediacy? Like can he spell the word NOW.

Apparently 12 MDC activists are still missing. So Mr T, what are you going to do about it? Flip flop, again?

The majority of Zimbabweans are unanimous that the MDC must not agree to a junior role in a new Government but if the MDC hasn’t realised by now (that word again) that Zanu PF are leading them around by the nose (some say pricks, with the occasional stroke to keep them engaged), then they are more foolish than any of us ever imagined. They might have a “road map” regarding how they will eventually govern Zimbabwe (according to Eddie), but they are certainly way off track on the getting rid of the old man side of things.

Mugabe is so entrenched that we need a battalion of super strength bull dozer’s to dig him out, many of them driven by 57 cm high tokoloshes. Talk certainly isn’t going to do it.

Eddie Cross also tells us that

Mr. Tsvangirai has received his passport – that was finally extracted from the Registrar Generals hands and taken to Gaborone by the South African Ambassador and handed to him by the Ambassador on Christmas day.

That’s an Ambassador too many for my liking. But now that he’s got his new passport perhaps he can come home and finish the job.

An encampment of MDC MPs in Unity Square with Tsvangirai at the helm, until all abducted activists are returned and released, might be a good place to start.

Granted, not as comfortable as exile in Bostwana though.

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