Mercenaries plan Madagascar 'coup'

The first mercenary force landed on African soil in 1499. It's brief was simple and has not changed for the last 410 years:

Kill all those who offer resistance
Establish a local puppet with clear instructions
to help you get Unhindered Access to Africa's fabulous
resources!

So we had for generations scores of white settlers doing this script over and over again. Some even paint their faces with black polish and pose as "blacks" and intimidate local populations into submission by spreading wanton indiscriminate violence.

Now we know what the Equitorial Guinea "trip' was all about inspite of the verbal outrage from a Pretoria magistrate who acquitted the "skelms" on the dubious evidence that Thabo Mbeki and the NIA were in the plot.

Mercenary violence is ok in South Africa. It is the stuff of Sir Rider Haggard novels. It is legit and romanticised. Black violence is abhorred, not because I am advocating for it. If it comes from Zim its even worse.

It's so hypocritical that we discuss people who plot to kill innocents and deprive generations of Madagascans of their livelihood without moral outrage. It's no secret that mercenaries in Africa are paid in mineral rights. It is the kind of stuff that reveals our hypocrisy again because we discuss such horrible imminent events as if its another Peter de Villiers rugby caper: innocent, amusing and benign when it's heinous and inhuman and simply horrible!

The US simply whisks such would-be perpetrators for simply thinking about doing it. They are secretly whisked away through a process called "human rendition" to Guantanamo Bay. Obama has even failed to have the place closed down. In South Africa its not a crime; its heroism and patriotism. We then wonder why we are such a violent society. It depends whose violence. Some violence is cool!

Well done Mandla. You comments are really refreshing. I mean, it is not every day that one has such a close up view of blatant and unashamed racism.

Cultures have always dominated other cultures – it not only in Africa but all over the world, including in Europe. Its human nature – get over it! The important thing is that learn from this.

The point is that if the African countries you site in your text were truly fair and just with responsible and accountable governments then the issue of mercenaries and violence you mention would not exist. But the African climate of xenophobia, greed, intolerance, corruption and unaccountability is a breeding ground for murder and mayhem.

The hypocrisy is not with these mercenaries but with people like you who keep portraying themselves victims. Grow up, get a backbone!

The President Marc Ravalomanana is a good president. He was elected democratically, and participation was more than 70%.

During his tenure the growth rate was always above 5%;
FDI for the first time exceeded one billion USD
In fact, the development was real thing.

The putschists are terrorists and they are hostage-takers.
We can never accept such barbarics acts. they fired folks walking to the 13may palace (not red zone)
They put whoever are against them into the jail
They do not allow the population to speak
...

February 7, Saturday or red, is a darkest day on the country's history.
27 people died and more than two hundred of people were wounded.
February 7 was a premeditated act;
There was crossfire means the presidential guard had fired only 18 bullets and can not hurt more than 18 people.
These are mercenaries who were on the roof of the Hotel du Louvre and the building of the treasure that had fired on demonstrators.
Andry Rajoelina already said such thing, but he claimed it was the government that premeditate it.

The President Marc Ravalomanana has since the beginning asked for independant enquete but the putschists has always refused to do so. Why?

Even if the President Marc Ravaloanana will use mercenaries to protect himself, it is his right, do not forget that Andry Tégévé has also done the same when he sought the support of France to protect him (Andry Rajoelina under the protection of the UN)
He was then under the protection of french mercenary bodies (Legionnaires)

Now, it's quite normal that the présidnet Marc Ravalomanana will call on experts in protection of property to protect these putschists.

Mandla

Bravo!

Read my lips: M E D I A...who controls it?

@Mandla... You are one confused individual with relative morals. Which violence is "cool"?