These
everlasting fighting and proxy-wars of Rwanda into the Congo remind me of the
Sino-Janpan wars in the North East of China. Chinese little brother, Japan, saw
the North East of China, Manchuria province, as a limitless supply of raw
materials. Just like Rwanda uses the Kivus to exploit and export many minerals.
Rwanda has influenced a puppet (weak) Congolese
state and military. The evidences are plentiful and similarities are striking from
James Kabarabare as the general in charge of AFDL, to Laurent Nkunda, Bosco
Ntanganta and many other generals in
charge of, major security operations in the DRC such as Amani Leo, Kimia
I&II, etc.
Japan’s
big brother’s military was too weak just like Congolese military to directly
fight back and end the violence. We appeal to the UN just like China appealed
to the League of Nations for help. The UN, Human Watch Watch, the EU and many other
international organizations all condemn Rwanda for its incursion into our
homeland via proxy forces. Unfortunately, all we get is appeasement speeches. No one is really willing to take action against Rwanda.
During the fighting in Manchukuo, there was an ongoing campaign of volunteers to defeat the
Japanese. These armies arose from widespread
outrage over the policy of non-resistance, just like most Congolese understand the initial Mai-Mai’s motivation to resist against the enemies, whether the FDLR, CNDP, or other Kinyarwanda speaking
militia groups. Rwanda increasingly used internal conflict in the DRC to reduce
the strength of her fractious opponents. This is precipitated by the fact that
even years after the Lusaka, Pretoria, and Nairobi treaties, the weak Kabila government
does not control all the Kivus and few other isolated sections of the country.
Several points are essentially in the hands of local warlords. Just like Japan
sought various Chinese
collaborators, Rwanda uses the Banyamurenge to influence a government friendly to
Rwanda.
They eliminated Mzee Kabila and put a quasi-controllable
government that is somehow beneficial to them. Either our security forces and
intelligence agencies are extremely gullible and incompetent or there is a high
level complicity between the Kabila’s and Kagame’s regime. These are the only 2
plausible scenarios that can explain how James KABARABARE, Laurent NKUNDA,
Azarias RUBERWA or Depute Jean-Paul DUNIA infiltrated the DRC institutions
while being Rwandese. I personally do not believe that Kabila is cooperating
with Rwanda but he is just extremely incompetent and is used as a puppet, just like Japan did with the last Chinese Emperor of
Manchukuo.
To win this everlasting
battle with our little brother, Rwanda, we must learn from history and fight
smart and united. We need to win the support of the US and most western powers.
United, we have to prove to the world that we are ready to FIGHT, to track down
and bring to justice warlords such as Bosco NTANGATA and Laurent NKUNDA. We
refuse to negotiate with these monsters and want to stand up to KAGAME! I
applaud Kabila leadership and offensive by bringing a newly Belgian well
trained Special Forces in the Kivus.
We also need to better trade our raw material for close
economic and military cooperation, with the US or any other stronger military power
such as France, Canada, Germany, or Israel. They can help us modernize our
industry and military in exchange for raw materials. We should also invest in
our soft power and appeal to the world by finally showing us as victims. As
Renan said, “getting its history wrong is part of being a nation”. As
Congolese, we have to tell the truth about Kagame’s crimes and better cover
these everlasting human right abuses. 800,000 in Rwanda in 1994 was tragic but
6-8 million is extremely worse. Like China we will once again take our role as big brother and earn back our
respect and our leadership role in Africa.
Gaetan
