What securocracy?

Desperate times indeed call for desperate measures. Some political analysts have lost the plot altogether by demonising the attaining political situation in a bid to buy sympathy for those faced with the ignominy of political obscurity.

They say in politics there are no permanent friends but permanent interests. Let me hasten to say sometimes being rigid can be suicidal and devours on the reputation of one's academic credentials. At the end of the day, the critic is self defeating despite being nicely packaged in heavy verbose which often turns out to be mere verbal diarrhoea.

What democracy do the likes of Ibbo Mandaza advocate for, when they are busy dispelling the mirror image of the West (opposition political principals).  Mandaza and his cronies' mantra over the legality of the vice presidents' appointment simply confirms their battle for relevance.

The security background of the VPs has been sensationalised as the militarisation of ZANU PF and undemocratic. To start with, ZANU PF is a revolutionary party which took up arms and snatched back the country from the jaws of the imperialists. To then say it is militarized is void and literary crushing the glimpse of the obvious. The party has a military background and to divorce it from such, stands a snowball chance in hell.
Being democratic is an exhausted and tired debate which even the most developed countries are found wanting.

The sacking of history, being advocated for by the fellow educated colleagues, spells their ignorance for reality. Every being and nation has a history which helps shape the future. It doesn't need one to be in the US to know that veterans of their world wars and imperialistic conquests run the US. Politics has trends and traits visible to the most common layman on the ground, hence, prophesying ignorance or playing dumb is cheap politicking.

Most of the big names from the West are celebrated military personnel. From all the ‘Bushes' both (father and son) and Colin Powell are decorated security officers who served their countries in world wars and the Vietnam campaign. Bush senior served in the Second World War, with his son George Bush junior having been a member of the Texas Air National Guard.  Powell came out of the Vietnam campaign with numerous medals. Bush and his son later became presidents of the US government; which can be contested as a dynasty but no one cares because people of that land voted for them.

What then is so peculiar or odd about the recently appointed Vice Presidents of Zimbabwe? Like I mentioned earlier, the squeaky voice of Mandaza and his lot are meant to get attention. Frankly speaking, ZANU PF emerged stronger after the congress.

The perceived threat that faced the revolutionary party was that of the disposed members. Their ouster literary spells a prospective future with less saboteurs on board. ZANU PF is at its strongest and had no time to discuss the opposition political dwarfs. Instead it was consolidating its grip by improvising to accelerate implementation of ZimASSET at the congress.

To the opposition political parties in general and MDC T in particular, you cannot do without security as a sovereign state. Neither can you perforate the system to suit your selfish ambitions. You want to disband the security of the nation to catapult your way to the helm regardless of exposing Zimbabwe to its enemies?

No, not with that line of thinking will the reasonable Zimbabweans entertain such idiocy. Zimbabwe will never be a colony again, whether by the barrel of the gun or by dubious scholarly antics.