Mugabe Compares Himself to Julius Caesar, Blames South Africa for Not Defending Him

Breitbart: In an interview with a Zimbabwean newspaper over the weekend, ousted dictator Robert Mugabe complained that his friends in South Africa “could have done much more” to save him from the coup that ended his four decades of rule.

“It did not have to send an army, but just to engage,” Mugabe elaborated, in case anyone thought he expected South Africa to invade Zimbabwe to keep his 94-year-old frame perched upon his throne.

Mugabe said the envoys sent to Zimbabwe by South Africa during the coup “gave a false impression that all was okay” and “there was no need for intervention,” while other regional powers “just sat on their laurels, and they said, ‘Ah well, South Africa says there’s no need” for intervention.

He summarized his complaint by saying that “in a sense” he felt betrayed by South Africa and its president at the time of his ouster, Jacob Zuma. (Zuma is also out of power, having resigned under a cloud of scandal in February). Mugabe compared himself in the interview to Julius Caesar getting knifed during the Ides of March by people he had elevated to power during his reign. more here