Moral High Ground

Archbishop Tutu suggests using violence to remove Mugabe:

Tutu, the retired archbishop of Cape Town, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and anti-apartheid campaigner, told BBC radio he was "ashamed" of his homeland.

He suggested that South Africa had surrendered the "moral high ground" which it gained in the post-apartheid era.
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Tutu raised the prospect of using violence to remove Mugabe.

"If Mr Mugabe remains obdurate and as intransigent as he has been about the formation of this government of unity, then he must be asked to step down," he said.

"If he refuses, I really do believe that we have to invoke this new doctrine of responsibility to protect".

Asked whether that meant using force to remove Mugabe, Tutu said: "Yes, yes, or certainly the threat of it".
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Tutu said he hoped "against hope" that the African Union would take action, adding that some parties "can be shamed into taking a more firm stance", including South Africa.

As the namesake of another peace prize awarded to Tutu said, do or die...

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