When the current unnamable dictators of Rwanda and Uganda
invaded the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996 to kill, rape, and loot
DRC’s natural resources, nobody had a clue that the United Nations peacekeeping
force sent to the DRC in 1999 would cost foreign taxpayers in the developed
world 1.3 billion dollars a year and for at least the following 16 years.
Now let’s do the numbers. The United Nations have
spent over 21 billion dollars in the last 16 years to run a force of
22,000 uniformed personnel and carry out
a series of military operations there to stop the looting and killings
sponsored by Rwanda and Uganda. If we have to put a partial price tag of these
two tyrannical regimes, 1.3 billion dollars per year (roughly over 21 billion dollars
inflation adjusted for the past 16 years) is the most conservative figure to start with.
Source: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/monusco/facts.shtml)
To this initial price tag of just two African tyrannies, which
by far is only a tip of the iceberg, we must add human lives lost as a result
of wars sponsored by Rwanda and Uganda inside the D.R. Congo. Again, there is no hidden secret here: those
wars have caused the death of over 5.4 million Congolese, mostly in eastern Congo.
Several thousands of women were raped by Rwandan troops, Ugandan troops, the
DRC government troops, and rebels armed by Rwanda and Uganda. Congo’s
natural resources have been systematically looted in the meantime. Organized crime at unprecedented proportions in recent world history!
The list of atrocities by these two career criminals behind the
presidential desks of Rwanda and Uganda has been well documented by the United
Nations and other independent sources.
Here is just a sample of what the world knows so far:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/794496.stmhttp://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/16/world/rwanda-and-uganda-battling-to-control-key-city-in-congo.html
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/2012/843
www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/CD/DRC_MAPPING_REPORT_FINAL_EN.pdf
www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/CD/DRC_MAPPING_REPORT_FINAL_EN.pdf
No doubt, the price tag of African tyrannies is too
high for foreign taxpayers and for Africans themselves. We are dealing with
career criminals behind presidential desks and the civilized world can no
longer afford subsidizing African tyrannies directly or via the United Nations.
