Not that the people are getting their hopes up. This is the 32nd year in a row that they've been promised the same present.
In that time Zimbabwe has seen her relative standing on every conceivable quality-of-life index plummet. Where Zimbabwe was once one of the most prosperous nations in Africa it is now one of the poorest in the world.
Infant mortality has doubled.
Life expectancy has dropped 20 years.
A quarter of the population has sought refuge outside its borders.
But the wise men of the West, with that R2P card in their holster and an itch to use it, decide to save the people of Libya, who before their liberation by NATO enjoyed the highest standard of living in Africa.
Could it be because Libya has oil and Zimbabwe doesn't?
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