in the internal affairs of a sovereign state to try and prevent tyrany, genocide and starvation they are criticized for pursuing their own interests and agendas.

Zimbabwe does not have oil but it does have tyranny, poverty and the murder and suppression of opponents to the current regime. If we stand aside and allow Mugabe to carry on we are hypocrites, if we intervene, we are colonialists. We can't win. The question is, what is the right thing to do? Answer, no one really knows until long after the event.

Of course, Russia and China have no interests of their own to pursue in Zimbabwe and the wider African continent. The only bad guys are the US and the Brits.

Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about