Mugabe turns his back on the West

CHINESE-MADE jet fighters flew over independence celebrations at which President Robert Mugabe declared he had no need for Western help or Western-style democracy.

“We have turned east, where the sun rises, and given our back to the west, where the sun sets,” Mugabe told a crowd of 8,000 gathered at the Chinese-built national sports stadium, referring to efforts to seek new economic partners among the “Asian tigers.”

Mugabe delivered a 35-minute, nationally-televised address marking the 25th anniversary of independence from Britain.