Russ Feingold actually said...

the best way to sideline Mugabe is to reinforce this government.

This was a deliberate campaign to hold on to power and subvert the will of the people that was expressed in the March 29 elections.

this is a very important part of our signaling, through this committee and otherwise, a serious American engagement in the issues of Zimbabw...

Land tenure and security is vitally important, and that ties, of course, to the GPA, the Global Political Agreement.