Friday, December 12, 2008

The US stop supporting both sides in the Congo conflict

It is time to decide what is right and justice for the Congolese people.

Should we continue supporting the Congo government and MONUC or should we continue supporting the opposing Rwandan-backed and Ugandan-backed militias via Rwanda and Uganda government?

The U.S. power play in Africa SocialistWorker.org:

"James Moy asks some important questions in his recent letter about the current war in the Kivu regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ('What is the U.S. doing in Congo?').

The involvement of the United States government appears paradoxical: Why has it has been sustaining both sides of the conflict? On the one hand, the U.S. helps bankroll and lead the United Nations' MONUC soldiers acting in support of DRC president Joseph Kabila, while at the same time the U.S. provides military training and funding to the opposing Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed militias, which include Laurent Nkunda. As Moy questions, 'Wouldn't it be easier to exploit the mineral resources and Congolese labor if the U.S. tried to end the conflict by decisively supporting one side or the other?'

This question can only be answered by looking at how broader U.S. interests in the area actually led to the current civil war in the first place."

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