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After months of debate and violence following disputed elections,
Robert Mugabe is clutching onto power in Zimbabwe while the world
watches and waits for action.

http://citizensoftheworld.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2130363%3ATopic%3A1364 

In the course of the last few tumultuous months, I have often had cause
to consider what it is that makes a country. I believe a country is the
sum of its many parts, and that this is embodied in one thing: its
people. The people of my country, Zimbabwe, have borne more than any
people should bear.

http://citizensoftheworld.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2130363%3ATopic%3...

Anytime I hear that a corrupt leader or government still has a close
following in a country, I wonder how. I wonder how such leaders get
into power in the first place and why they are tolerated by their
country men. I wonder whether supporters of corrupt and misleading
regimes fully understand the impact of their support and how it
perpetuates a cycle of corruption and degeneration.

Recent instability in Kenya and the ongoing incidents in Zimbabwe are a
good reminder of what happens when supporters follow their
leaders blindly and when power sharing is purely based on ... http://citizensoftheworld.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2130363%3ABlogP...

The world has been a very strange place.

I sometimes find the irony in the words of men who seek for peace but
whose actions breed war. I find it contradicting that men insist on
building when their actions tear each other apart.

I have seen Angels lose their wings, men branded as "devils" turn
into heroes under their own watch, children without a hint or tint of
anger or violence slaughter their grandparents and family with their
own hands.

It's frustrating when lovers don't remember the passion in their kisses
anymore because of a wrong word, or a father and son can't remember the
strength in their bonds because of a failing moment or a neighbor
refuses to forget a broken window despite the many thanksgivings
shared. It's pathetic that the collective memories in an archive of
shared funerals, birthday's and weddings will be gone because you
forgot to feed his/her dog when s/he was away for the night.

So I wonder, will there ever be peace in the world? Can we all co-exist?

Where does all the good I've done go when i do one thing wrong?

Please read the brief article and share you thoughts.

http://citizensoftheworld.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2vmeukuxns9pr