Angela Merkel chooses Mugabe over Gordon Brown

Pathetic. You would think that someone who grew up in communist East Germany might show more interest in the plight of the people of Zimbabwe who live under a brutal dictatorship but human rights are apparently only for others. Gordon Brown is right to dig in and ask for European "leaders" to choose between Brown or Mugabe at the upcoming Europe-Africa summit. It sounds as though Merkel is hiding behind the failed "quiet diplomacy" program that has shown no results despite all of the talk from Thabo Mbeki.

Unfortunately this won't be the first time the EU has folded and given in to Mugabe, allowing him to visit Europe despite legislation that forbids his travels to Europe. Perhaps torture, starvation and political prisoners are OK in the new Germany and the new Europe.