Dear FP Top 100 Global
Thinkers:
First, let me
congratulate you on your nomination as the Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers.
You’re part of a selected group of human beings who made it through that list.
However, the world you live in is still plagued with dictators, such as those
two gentlemen from Rwanda and Uganda, who’ve been causing misery to the
Congolese people for the last 15 years and who’ve never learned to act as “Mensch”.
Rather, they have chosen the most primitive and un-human lifestyle. To refresh
your minds, I invite you to carefully read the following documents:
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/16/world/rwanda-and-uganda-battling-to-control-key-city-in-congo.html
As a criminologist with
international living experience in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the
United States, let me share with you just three of the things we do in law
enforcement when dealing with hard-core criminals or chronic offenders like
Messrs. Paul Kagame and Museveni.
(1) We pull the levers.
In our law enforcement jargon, it means speaking straight to the criminals
telling them that we know who they are and their modus operandi. Then, we use the
powerful law enforcement tool of coercion. Simply put, we tell them that the
civilized community of human beings is tired with their primitive lifestyles
and if they continue on that path, they will face jail, prison, or even death. Finally,
we ask them to quit that un-human modus operandi.
(2) We give them life
options, such as learning the art of self-control. By the way, anyone who’s
observed hard-core criminals will conclude that Hirschi and Gottfredson were
right: low self-control goes hand in hand with criminal behavior. We teach them
the importance of disassociating themselves with other criminals because
criminal behavior is also learned behavior. Look at the universe of Messrs.
Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni: they’ve been around criminals almost all of
their lives! They even rose to power through the crime of seizing and
confiscating political power by force.
(3) We expose their
wickedness for the entire world to see. Sometimes, we even have them carry a
sign to shame them! Thanks God, there’s now a thing called the Internet! At this stage, we have enough intelligence to
tell those criminals and their associates that we’ve gathered enough data on
their financial transactions; we know where their money is; and we can freeze
that money any time it pleases us to do so.
Global Thinkers, now
the ball is on your side to use all your influence and access to law
enforcement tools to stop those killings in Eastern Congo and give Congolese a
break. They haven’t had any for over 100 years now!
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/26/the_fp_100_global_thinkers
FOR FOLLOW UP OF THIS POSTING, READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 18, 2012:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/2012/12/19/obama-discusses-crisis-congo-with-kagame/cVzSWjLcGH2QR6SyS4aJRK/story.html (Boston Globe)
FOR FOLLOW UP OF THIS POSTING, READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 18, 2012:
http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/12/18/treasury-slaps-sanctions-on-more-m23-leaders/?KEYWORDS=congo (Wall Street Journal)
