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Obama Threatens More Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Over Russian-Platinum Deal
As Martin Armstrong exclaims, Obama is out of control. According to NewZimbabwe.com, Washington has said it will accelerate sanctions imposed against Harare in 2003, due to the Robert Mugabe-led government's closer ties with Russia over the US$3 billion Darwendale platinum project. Herald columnist Nathaniel Manheru (who is thought to be Mugabe's spokesman), reported, Washington explained its expectations on Zimbabwe, namely that Zimbabwe was expected (read required) to support those sanctions by avoiding any association with companies sanctioned by the Americans and their Western allies, or their subsidiaries or affiliates. Manheru said "it was ridiculous for the US to refuse to lift sanctions against Harare and then demand support for its measures against Moscow... This is where I am tempted to tell the American government to go and hang, hang on a banana tree, bums up."
Via AllAfrica.com,
The United States has reportedly warned Zimbabwe about its growing economic dealings with Russia after Harare recently sealed an agreement with Moscow for a US$3billion platinum mine.
According to Herald columnist Nathaniel Manheru, who is thought to be President Robert Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba, the Obama administration threatened further sanctions against Zimbabwe over its ties with Russia.
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Zimbabwe's Pen East Investments has teamed up with Afronet, a consortium of three Russian partners, to form Great Dyke Investments, which is developing the US$3 billion Darwendale platinum project.
At full development in 2024, the mine will produce 800,000 platinum ounces, pushing Zimbabwe's output over one million ounces, and create 8,000 jobs.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov visited Zimbabwe last month to conclude the deal with President Robert Mugabe.
However, according to Manheru, the deal could see Washington hit Harare with further sanctions.
Wrote Manheru in the Saturday Herald:
"A week or two ago, the US government, through its local embassy, sent an official communication to the Zimbabwean Government, listing the full measure of sanctions the West, led by America, have slapped on Russia.
"The communication went further.
"It spelt out American expectations on Zimbabwe, namely that Zimbabwe was expected (read required) to support those sanctions by avoiding any association with companies sanctioned by the Americans and their Western allies.
"Or their subsidiaries or affiliates.
"And . . . yes you guess right, that targets the new US$3bn-plus platinum investment by the Russians at Darwendale! It (Zimbabwe) should not proceed or else we are under sanctions."
The US imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2003, accusing Mugabe of human rights abuses and electoral fraud. Harare denies the allegations, insisting the sanctions were meant to punish the country's land reforms.
Obama's administration has ignored calls by Mugabe to remove the sanctions which the veteran leader blames for bringing Zimbabwe's economy to its knees.
Manheru said it was ridiculous for the US to refuse to lift sanctions against Harare and then demand support for its measures against Moscow.
He wrote:
"America then invites sanctioned Zimbabwe to support sanctions against Russia, itself a bird of the same feather!
"Oh America!
"This is where I am tempted to tell the American government to go and hang, hang on a banana tree, bums up."
As Martin Armstrong concludes,
Obama is Out of Control
Obama is attempting to impose his own rule of law over the entire world – my way or highway. He has no such constitutional authority and this guy who misses most of his daily briefings as Fox News reported, and countless others.
I am not kidding. This is precisely how Athens fell. It dictated to all its allies and one by one they turned against Athens and joined Sparta. Sparta was a virtual communist state and Athens was a state in a battle swinging back and forth between oligarchs and democracy.
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Obama the clueless!
when Zimbabwe laughs openly at the U.S., you know the U.S. collapse is near...
Go long Zimbabwe Dollars.
Or maybe go long Stillwater Mining, (ticker: SWC), America's platinum and palladium mine located in Montana. A very small player though.
...More Proxy War War 3 Showdown....Russia will blow Up Qatar to bits.
< Thas ray cyst.
< Obama's idea of a fun time with Rahm Emmaneul.
go and hang, hang on a banana tree, bums up.
Hopefully, the US will have its Thelma and Louise moment soon.
I love watching powerfags try to flex their muscle and cry when everyone else laughs at them.
It makes my day.
Glad to see you back on ZH. Thanks for stopping by MB last week. It was a pleasure to finally meet you. Mrs Atomizer thinks very highly of you.
Very kind, we BOTH know who the better halves are...
:)
Go long Zimbabwe Dollars.
I have about 200 trillions of them, somewhere in a drawer. Nice colors and paper too...
Don't they have the internets in Z?
Guy could have come up with a more Western friendly quip:
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"
pods
I find his quip charming, and also find myself in general agreement!
Pods, you kill me. Not even my perverted brain can untangle some of the stuff you post. Thanks. :)
...or a more American PC (give me gay marriage) name...like "Great Dyke Investments"
No kidding. I can only hope it was a misspelling of "Dike". "Have you met our new sales reps Alexa, Pat and Layne? They're all wearing plaid shirts, have shorter hair than you and can likely bench press a VW."
Or @pods, I fart in your general direction!
A decade or so back in time I read a PDF that was purported to come from some official with Zimbabwe's central money-creation ministry. This was about the time Zimbabwe was just entering into its bout with hyperinflation. The PDF was a tome wherein the official was congratulating the US on following in the money-printing footsteps of Zimbabwe. I wish I'd kept a copy, because it did not appear to be a joke based on the way it was written.
Yup ... right after China.
I'm waiting on the sanctions against the US to be announced...
Go Hang Comex!
You've got to love that line, its so much more fun than fuck off.
More like "Armstrong the Clueless."
Exactly why does he choose to help animate puppets again?
you're full of crap......as usual!
I'm not sure I understand the gist of your comment.
Your posting has been down voted as non applicable.
It's all fun and games until the Zerohedge crew rips you a new asshole. Chuckles.
Princess Obama the Petulant.
http://williambanzai7.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-trillion-dollar-coin.html...
I think I speak for everyone when I say you absolutely nailed it with that one, WB.
HILLARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice work WB. I'm sure Putin is shitting himself: http://rt.com/news/193604-russia-nuclear-capacity-start/
obamy probably has a tiny weenie
Perhaps they can grow him a real one like Michele's http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2782050/The-penises-grown-lab-...
Wait what? I thought the U.S. (and especially the democrats) were not isolationists...
yeah, yeah, I know... red=blue, full faith and credit etc.
Economic sanctions against non-compliant African countries is okay...stopping Ebola flights out of Africa is inhumane and counterproductive. A Spanish nurse has tested positive for Ebola....first non-African hospital infection.
...backed by the full faith and credit of an organization $17 trillion in debt.
Long ago I chuckled while standing in front of a teller in a bank. She inquired into my mirth, and I explained, while pointing at the FDIC sign, that they were being backed by a government some $5 trillion in debt, which seemed to me like not something to boast about. Consternation flashed across her face briefly before she asked if there was anything else she could help me with.
She simply could not find a point of reference to what you were saying. It is likely when you left, she turned to the next teller and asked, "What the fuck was that guy talking about?"
That wasn't consternation on her face, it was complete bewilderment.
Probably filed a SAR report on the guy
Ah yes...
No wonder we've seen the price of platinum dropping like a rock along with palladium these last few trading sessions?!!!
Metal is on sale!
The more the retards keep puking the price, the more I can buy.
$16 in 2014 currency for silver? Jebus. It's fucking on sale. It's like selling silver dollars for 75 cents.
The more the retards keep puking the price, the more I can buy.
So true. But if you just happen to be one of those Zimbabwe miners that has mouths to feed, and who's company will probably shut down because the cost of production exceeds the artificial paper price that the corrupt Western banks control -that they think they can own outright forcing them to go belly up it's a hardship beyond compare!
Thanks to the likes of Russia and China the COMEX will fail miserably in this 3 year experiment in price control just like they are in energy!
Why does Obama hate Africans?
They're not (yet) able to vote for him, so why not?
why does obarme hate arabs,africans,muslims and all honky goy?
cos he like the qatari and the house of saud like bandar,sisi of egypt and dog erdogan the filthy turk rapist.
they hate cos they all are nazi jews
simple
Can someone explain why we are so hell bent on provoking Russia? I thought them becoming an ally after the Berlin wall coming down was a great thing. What's the purpose of throwing it all away?
Petrodollar hegemony. See Brzezinski's "Grand Chessboard."
I saw this on The Big Lebowski - "Lenin - who benefits?". I am the Walrus. Shut up, Donny. It got confusing after that, but who benefits - US v USSR, what is the win there, for whom? Saudis?
Bring back the 17 trillion dollar platinum coin!! Or wait, it's nearly 18 trillion now.....or however many trillion you think the total debt is at this point.
Dats rayciss.
"...hang on a banana tree, bums up."
Apropos for a banana republic like the U.S.
Military advisors for rebel groups to follow.
Apparently someone in Zimbabwe agrees that the USSA is a banana republic. Why else say he wants to " tell the American government to go and hang, hang on a banana tree, bums up."
Perfect: use a banana tree to hang the perps in charge of the banana republic. And about that "bums up" part...what does Reggie think?
Reggie: "Hawt ... "
Banana trees are rather limp when it comes down to it. I think a hardwood would be better. Jus sayin'
How to win friends and influence people by Barack Hussein Obama, Nobel Prize Winner
"How to win friends and influence people by Barack Hussein Obama, Nobel PEACE Prize Winner"
Fixed that for you there JustO
:)
Obama Disgustus issued a decree that all the world was to obey.
First ebola case un Madrid , one of the doctors treating the priest that came from Liberia , tested positive , just out ...
link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29514920
The second Spanish priest died on the 24th of Sept. This nurse has been feeling off for a few days and presents fever after 11 days from last possible exposure. Our CDC is already releasing some of Duncan's close contacts from quarantine.
That 5/6 days average for the onset of symptoms is in African natives.
Its way too early to be clearing contacts here IMO.
It is impossible to screw up Zim anymore than it already is... Mugabe won't feel a thing..
What strange times indeed, when I find myself agreeing with the likes of Mugabe.
"Political Science"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCim7mmLWRA
No one likes us-I don't know whyWe may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
So exceptional.
All Hail USA!
Obama even makes Mugabe look like a genius
it's worse than that. those maggots are fucking over people both inside AND outside the country. beyond hubris. they really need to get their asses pounded like their mama shoulda done years ago.
I think Obamas mama was getting her ass pounded quite often....by the big black banana from kenya...
You just can't make this shit up...
Chinese are pissing their pants with laughter. Talk about giving it to them on a plate. Remember this?
The map in that linked article also indicates future ebola outbreaks in Africa.
Stack On
You don't have to be in Africa to contract Ebola. A nurse in Spain just tested positive: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29514920
barry the cartoon strikes again
The Magical Shrinking Unemployment Rate | The Economic Populist
We cut off anti terrorist aid to Nigeria over Nigerians refusing to push the homosexual agenda, Putin will be moving into and exploting that gap too.
this is indeed.. just comical.
but equally comical is labeling it obama...
presidents are sock puppets only. we all know that. making it about this idiot is what.. pandering to the drudge / faux/ limpdick crowd?
Anyone else notice that early this morning both gold and platinum were trading at THE SAME price, $1190?
i noticed they had been converging for awhile. everyone knows platinum prices are rigged.
i think the usa strategy is to overwhelm the brics and nonaligned nations with so many opportunities to subvert the usa politically and economically that the brics crash and burn trying to manage all the choices.
(why have we not ever heard very much from the stealth brics country, south africa.)
i'm a Canadian. Obama take your sanctions and stuff them. I'll do business with whoever I want. You don't control me, thank God.
The US would have to do NONE of this if THEY COULD JUST RAISE INTEREST RATES meaningfully.
Without that, all that can be done is, threaten and create conflict/war with our military machine.
You go Obama girl. As if Zimbabwe has any significance to us. Lap dance girls thought they struck gold after you handed them a crispy ZWD.
True story.
THIS IS SPARTA(IMBABWE)!!!!
Crazy you want Crazy..well exhibit 1. Hank Paulson today in court, here we go:
"when companies fail, shareholders bear the losses," Paulson testified under questioning from Joshua Gardner, a Justice Department lawyer. "It's just the way our system is supposed to work."
aig, sure hank, but citi and Goldman S, no they were exempt, cough cough ex goldman director treated his pals better like 100% return of monies in 08..
Shit, missed that. Was it on CSPAN? Kindly provide the link. Thanks.
Obama is just a condom for the financial and banking industry as they stick it to the world. Safety first.
The Delian League all over again . Does nobody in the US Govt bother about history ?
In Zimbabwe's case , it is quite rational : Chrome .
Modern warfare is impossible without large amounts for yourself . Denial to the enemy is a major strategic goal . Chrome has no substitute in manufacturing high-speed , high temperature turbine blades . Nearly all military grade high-performance engines have turbines .
Hence the proxy wars in the Southern African region .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com/2014/03/proxy-war-in-southern-africa.html
When nothing else is going right, beat a dead horse.
Aveage IQ in Zimbabwe is 82. Just sayin'.
Don't have the figure to hand but can assure you it's lower than that.
Wasn't Obama just schmoozing a bunch of Africans at the White House?
Many countries in Africa are really fucked up. So is the United States. Is there a common thread?
Aaahhhh! I love the smell of desperation in the morning. It smells like a collapse coming.
.....Napalm to follow!!!/sarc
The platinum mine concept is interesting. I thought platinum was collected while mining for other metals.
Never thought I'd side with Mugabe in any dispute with anyone. But, I suppose, no matter how bad someone is, there is always a chance someone worse will come along.
"When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come.” And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him."
WELCOME SECOND HORSEMAN.
The faster the predators-that-be in the USSA make fools of themselves, the faster the world will realize the predators-DBA-USSA have been more trouble than they're worth for the past 50 years.
" All in all it's just a,nother BRIC in the wall"
Oh dear! I think the writing is on the wall. The day that Zimbabwe tells the US to fuck off has come and gone. The fat Lady just sang.