Zimbabwe the end of democracy

The news that Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the Presidential run-off filled me with anger and despair in equal measure. Anger that yet another African dictator has got away with stealing an election and sadness that we in the West are doing nothing. Then I read that

"The decision of Zimbabwe's opposition party to pull out of the Presidential election and effectively hand victory to Robert Mugabe has been described as "deeply distressing" by Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General."

Well hoo-bloody-rah" Ban Ki-Moon the head of the United Nations is distressed, will he do anything about it? Of course not. Apparently

"The UN Security Council is due to meet today to discuss the Zimbabwe crisis."

Now who is the current chairman of the Security Council? Oh yes Thabo Mbeki, so that rules out any South African intervention.