The more things change the more they stay the same.
Posted on 09/14/2013 3:08:41 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
WINDHOEK (AFP) – Southern African nations on Saturday expressed concern at the growing number of Rwandan troops on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and said it hoped an invasion was not imminent.
A statement from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional body said it was concerned "at the deployment of Rwandan troops along the common border" and "expressed the hope that Rwanda is not contemplating to invade".
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The UN accuses Rwanda of backing the M23, a charge the country has adamantly denied.
The rebels in turn have accused the Congolese army of joining forces against them with the Hutu FDLR, or Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, which is also active in eastern DR Congo where its members fled in the wake of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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The more things change the more they stay the same.
Redline. When will Obama being nukinh Rwanda.
Rwanda? That tiny little country above Burundi? They’re going to invade one of (if not the) largest country in Africa outside Algeria?
That’s a little like Estonia invading Russia.
If Russia had been embroiled in a 30 year civil war with a dozen other countries interfereing Estonia might concider biting off a chunk.
The government of DR Congo has no control of that area of the country but the rebels who harrass Rwanda do.
Sounds like Libya after Barry got involved.
It’s pretty amazing that the DRC is such a basket case. Between fertile land and mineral resources, the place is a virtual gold mine.
Rwanda’s just going to take out enough to win.
When will McCain find some moderate rebels he can demand that we intervene in behalf of?
Zimbabwe was a major producer once too.
S. Africa is well down the worn path too. They’ve been murdering white farmers for quite a few years now. They’ve been more careful and quiet about it than they’ve been in other African crapholes (like Zimbabwe), but it’s happening nonetheless. It will surely lead to massive poverty and famine, it always does.
It was once said the longest border between the civilized and the third worlds was South Africa’s northern border, but no more. It’s all turd world now.
The biggest problem facing Africa is the Africans.
The definition* excludes uncleared forest, which is 2/3 of the DRC's land mass. Ultimately, a country that gets 2000 inches of rain, tropical weather and sunshine year round should be a food exporter to the world.
* I looked into some definitions of "arable" some time back, and I think it's just nutty, and I don't understand why they define it that way. To me, arable means having the soil, water resources and climate suitable for growing crops. In my view, all of NYC, and most of the continental US, is arable land. But that's not how it's currently defined. NYC is defined as non-arable, which boggles the mind.
Has Obama been messing around with these people like in North Africa??
Apparently Algeria is slightly larger than DR Congo.
Algeria - 2,381,740.0 sq. km.
DR Congo - 2,267,050.0 sq. km.
Spent some time a little south of Kamina.
The country side and local folks were nice enough.
The Military? Not so nice. Mostly because some were stationed a long way from their families and hadn’t been paid in two years.
Algeria: 919,595 sq. mil.
DR Congo: 905,355 sq. mi.
Sudan: 718,723 sq. mi.
Libya: 679,362 sq. mi.
These are the only countries with more than 500,000 sq. mi. of territory. Before the independence of South Sudan, Sudan was the largest country in Africa at 967,500 sq. mi., but was still smaller than Argentina (which in turn is one-third the size of Brazil).
Algeria is mainly desert apart from the coastal areas. It gets lots of sunshine but very little water. And that means it can't really be self-sufficient in food (based on its current population of 37m) unless it uses its oil to desalinate sea water or drains its aquifers dry.
DR Congo has lots of mineral resources and many foreign companies have taken advantage of the almost complete absence of government oversight to run huge mining operations paying workers almost nothing and with no thought for safety or environmental protections. The UN has been involved in DR Congo for a long, long time and they’ve got about 20,000 “peacekeepers” drawing easy UN paychecks to man checkpoints. Lots and lots of palms getting greased. Everyones getting a good payday out of the country except 99% of the citizens.
That's normal for a developing country. What is also normal is for the government to use the money received to keep law and order and to develop infrastructure including schools, roads and power plants. The Congolese government appears to not be a government at all, but a gang of bandits recognized by the UN.
At least the African-Americans there aren’t subject to rampant rasism like African-Americans in this country .....
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