It is an appalling situation with another brutal, mad dictator. My view is that open resitance from good people will simply lead to more deaths of good people. Too many good lives have already been wasted. For the time being, those people must stay alive so that they can rebuild the country when Mugabe has gone. He is an old man and his tyranny can not last for many more years. There is a case for diplomatic and possibly economic action by other countries. However, I fear that any direct interference in Zimbabwe's affairs would result in even more tragedy for that unhappy country. Mugabe has announced that opponents may not vote for the opposition and he has every intention of enforcing that. He would not recognise an opposition victory, even if it were to win the election (which it won't). The regime will eventually collapse because eventually too few people will actively support it. That has happened in other countries and I believe it will happen in Zimbabwe. These are terrible days, but they will pass.