Robert Mugabe has form

A seriously good article about the Zimbabwean election of 1980 and its oft-forgotten predecessor of 1979. Some excellent history and maybe future echoes of the past in its coverage of Abel Muzorewa's victory in 1979 despite intimidation and violence and the interference of President Carter's man in Africa, Andrew Young. The article also covers the murderous response of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo's Patriotic Front (incorporating ZANU & ZAPU) and the aftermath of the 1980 election.

Maybe the Weekly Standard article should be required reading by all Western politicians.