DICTATORSHIP IN UGANDA, RWANDA, BURUNDI, AND THE CONGO: THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE # 1

I have repeated it many times on this blog, on the Foreign Policy Magazine, and other forums: dictators, including African Hitlers are a real threat to world security. At this point, only the most stubborn dummies in foreign policy will cling to the myths of useful dictators, benevolent dictators, or needed dictators.

Take the case of Kagame and Museveni, the dictators of Rwanda and Uganda. It has been well documented that not only have these African Hitlers looted minerals and other riches of the Congo in the last 17 years, but they are directly responsible for the death of over 4,000,000 Congolese through direct invasion of the Congo and the material support of criminals in uniform, a.k.a. rebels inside the Congo during the same period of time. Don't those stupid wars sponsored by Rwanda and Uganda in the Congo create a public safety issue for the Congolese? Again, only those who never passed Foreign Policy 101 would think that the Rwanda-and-Uganda backed wars in the Congo have created safe haven for the Congolese! Unfortunately, such stubborn dummies are still found around the world!

I have advocated for a comprehensive solution to the dictatorship problem in Africa's Great Lakes region, and I am pleased that the international community is slowly waking up to face the crude reality of tyranny in this part of the world. There is no decent human being in Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and the DRC who is happy with dictatorship in those countries. Only corrupt, immoral, and fossilized minds endorse dictatorships and see them as the solution to human struggle for decent living and full realization of human potential.

Dictatorship does not provide room for accountability. Dictators and tyrants are free to loot, kill, and violate national laws, and even international laws as in the case of Kagame's and Museveni's killings and lootings in the Congo. This public safety issue must be addressed urgently. The comprehensive solution to the tyranny problem in the Great Lakes region will require foreign donors to use wisdom in how foreign taxpayers' monies are spent. Therefore, I've always endorsed any intitiative aimed at stopping the flow of monies and other monetarizable resources to countries run by dictators. If the international community is seriously interested in ending tyranny in the Great Lakes region and eliminating the specific public safety risk posed by African Hitlers, now is the time for effective financial sanctions against tyrants. Otherwise, African dictators will continue to prey on their own people and on foreign taxpayers.