The military must step in

In view of the increasingly serious situation in Zimbabwe, The Times argues for a military intervention on the part of the states of Africa: "Enough. While the world stands by, the people of Zimbabwe are dying. ... It is a crucial moment for Zimbabwe, for Africa and for the international order. Self-determination and sovereignty are cornerstones of the Wilsonian system of independent nation-states. But in its state of misrule, Mr Mugabe's regime has forfeited legitimacy. Proposals for African-led military intervention are right and urgent. The UK Government should join those calls. ... More than 20 years ago, Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, identified a duty to intervene when human rights were abrogated by a literalist stress on state sovereignty. If his argument applies anywhere, it applies to Zimbabwe."

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