Email to Frum from a Zimbabwean reader

"When it comes to the wholesale theft of national resources and the
subversion of the rule of law and democracy, our leaders are in a league all
by themselves. We have become adept at manipulating the media and foreign
governments and the multinational agencies such as the World Bank and the
UN. To this long list we perhaps should now add the G8 leadership and Bob
Geldof. We allow African leaders to strut across the platforms of the world
stage as if they were acting in the real interests of their people and not
acting simply as self-serving tyrants.

"Quite frankly until African leaders themselves put their own houses in order
there should be no talk of assistance of any kind. It is ridiculous that
Ethiopia with its rich agricultural resources has been supported by massive
food aid for over 20 years. Just take a look at Nigeria - one of the oil
giants of the world yet threatened with instability and rising poverty that
belies its wealth and status.................