WHY WAS MUGABE'S ELECTION FAIR AND FREE?: Because:

"You risk having a conflict of law, of history, of values," said Jonathan Moyo, Zimbabwe's minister of information, explaining why some African leaders refuse to accept judgment from Westerners, particularly from former colonial powers.

States where government prevents such conflicts are so much tidier. We have a word for those ships of state, that begins with "d" and it's not for "democracy."