Is South Africa a Rouge Democracy?

President Thabo Mbeki apparently sent a four-page letter to President Bush criticizing him for getting involved in Zimbabwe and accusing him of taking sides against President Mbeki’s government and Zimbabwe according to Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. He allegedly told Bush to “butt out, that Africa was his.” Gerson, in reaction, wrote that South Africa is increasingly becoming a rogue democracy, actively blocking United Nations discussions on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, as well as other countries such as Belarus, Cuba, North Korea and Uzbekistan. South Africa was the only democracy to vote against a resolution over Myanmar. Gerson said, “South Africa remains an example of freedom – while devaluing and undermining freedom of others. It is a product of a conscience it does not display.” Any thoughts on whether South Africa is becoming a “rouge democracy?”