From the article:
American officials and international observers have spent the past month urging a free and fair election in Zimbabwe. But it is already far too late. The seeds of a fraudulent election were sown long ago. After losing the first round in 2008, the 89-year-old Mugabe unleashed a torrent of violence against the opposition. In a perverse twist, the election results actually showed the armed militias, operating under the direction of the military, precisely where to attack.
The ruling party’s intimidation machine has had five long years to ensure another Mugabe victory. Police have raided civic groups, radios have been banned, and party thugs have gone house-to-house. The pieces are also in place to rig the numbers if necessary. The upcoming election is in no way an expression of democracy; it is instead political theater being stage-managed by Mugabe and his junta.
Read it here.
