Why Are We Doing Nothing?

You may have caught word of the election problems in Zimbabwe. Basically, the current president who is starving his people to death with poor government is refusing to leave office, even though it is likely that he lost. His party have refused to release the results for the presidential election and have decided to recount the parliamentary results. The recount is, not surprisingly, turning from an opposition win to an incumbent win.

The worst part of all of this, and Darfur and the recent elections in Kenya is that the people that can help are doing, have done, absolutely nothing. The African Union has not put any pressure on Robert Mugabe, the standing president, the EU has done nothing and the US has done nothing. Robert Mugabe and his party are currently beating thousands of supporters of the opposition and have killed at least 10, and nothing has happened. The world is basically letting Robert Mugabe steal an election and keep the people of Zimbabwe is crushing poverty, and yet the most anyone can muster is a call to release the election results.

I know that the West is afraid of being called Colonialists again if they intervene in Africa, but how can the world be mad at the West for stopping a man from stealing an election, after he has put 80% of his people in poverty?