At first glance, I was as appalled as anyone by this tweet from the U.S. embassy in Zimbabwe, extending condolences on the death of its brutal dictator, Robert Mugabe.  The Marxist beast, after all, murdered thousands and left his country a smoking ruin.  You don't send condolences for monsters like that. Not ever. Here's the tweet: The Twitter response was almost universally negative, comparing Mugabe to Pol Pot, which is appropriate enough.  Many of the critics were Zimbabweans who'd fled the country.  And the criticism extended to both Left and right, with the Left yelling that President Trump had a soft spot for dictators.  I saw exactly two tweets defending the embassy statement — both from newly created accounts with no icon pictures, so zero credibility there. Fox News's Tucker Carlson had the appropriate sentiment, given what we know of...(Read Full Post)