Absolutely not.
We should keep our nose out for so many reasons.
Zimbabwe is a sovereign nation for one, and although Mugabwe is without doubt a deplorable creature based on what we see being reported the resolution of any problems should be left in the hands of the Zimbabwean people.
Another good reason is that Britain is a spent power and one that is desperately short of money.
There is not even the arguable justification behind invading Iraq and the arguable basis for our presence in Afghanistan to fall back on in interfering in what is or is going to take place.
Then there is what such a move would be interpreted as being by the other African nations especially those still smarting after the many years of abuse and exploitation by British colonial influence, a thing not totally bad but at the same time a thing by no means totally beneficial to the countries either.
Bets by far would be to step back from any and all involvement with Africa up to and including the provision of aid which so often is actually doing little more than subsidising and extending wars.
Another thing we should avoid, but won’t, is the reception of “asylum seekers” fleeing any conflict or hard times.
If such people were obliged to stay in the theatres of conflict or oppression there would be more motivation for them to tackle the forces oppressing them as opposed to what happens today when resistance to wrongdoing in their countries simply runs away.
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I am an old man. I have eaten much salt.
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