This is Sick!!!

[Psycho4Bud]

When I read the popular opinion in here it's usually how the U.S. is behind this war, started this conflict, backed a puppet government, etc........
Excuse me! The more I read on issues the more pissed I'm becoming...(BIG HIT...AHHHHHH better!). I honestly feel that the U.S. is getting alot of backlash due to it's Allie France...check this shit out:

http://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/Rwanda1.htm
Ensconced in refugee camps, primarily in eastern Zaire, the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide have regrouped, rebuilt their military infrastructure, and succeeded in asserting their control over the civilian population in most of the camps during the last year.4 Acting with impunity, these forces rule over the refugee population through intimidation and terror, effectively preventing the return of refugees to their homes in Rwanda, while inducting fresh recruits into the former Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) and militias.5 Emboldened by military assistance, including arms, from France and Zaire, among other countries, they have openly declared their intent to return to Rwanda and, in the words of one ex-FAR commander, Col. Musonera, "kill all Tutsi who prevent us from returning."6 Currently, the ex-FAR has an estimated troop strength of 50,000 men in over a dozen camps, and has brought the militias more tightly under its control.7 These forces have launched cross-border raids to destabilize the already precarious situation in Rwanda and to obtain information and experience for a future offensive against the current government in Kigali.8 In addition, the ex-FAR and Rwandan Hutu militias have aligned themselves with Hutu militias from neighboring Burundi, inflaming an already tense situation inside Burundi and threatening to regionalize the conflict.9


The U.N. applies sanctions. The French Government finds a way to dodge the sanctions for a buck. Genocide took place and they still show support with military sales?
When I read that Clinton knew of Rwanda but did nothing I was disgusted and a little ashamed of my countries actions. After reading this, it was basically a political game with a good allie. I hope all these fucks burn in hell!!!

P.S. Next time you want to point the finger at the U.S., take a closer look. There is very well a little creep with chapeau not to far away!!!

Keep in mind to, Rwanda recently released 36,000 prisoners from the genocide!

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 08-01-2005. This is Sick!!! When I read the popular opinion in here it's usually how the U.S. is behind this war, started this conflict, backed a puppet government, etc........ Excuse me! The more I read on issues the more pissed I'm becoming...(BIG HIT...AHHHHHH better!). I honestly feel that the U.S. is getting alot of backlash due to it's Allie France...check this shit out: http://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/Rwanda1.htm Ensconced in refugee camps, primarily in eastern Zaire, the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide Rating: 5

[Torog]

Howdy Psycho,

I agree with ya,I say..let's boycott France..clearly-the French have worked with the terrorists and the countries that support them,they are in direct counter to the Free World.

Have a good one !

[BlueCat]

â?? Due to the continuing legacies of its Cold War policies toward Africa, the U.S. bears some responsibility for the cycles of violence and economic problems plaguing the continent. Throughout the Cold War (1950-1989), the U.S. delivered over $1.5 billion worth of weaponry to Africa. Many of the top U.S. arms clients â?? Liberia, Somalia, the Sudan, and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DRC) â?? have turned out to be the top basket cases of the 1990s in terms of violence, instability, and economic collapse.

Finding 2 â?? The ongoing civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) is a prime example of the devastating legacy of U.S. arms sales policy on Africa. The U.S. prolonged the rule of Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Soko by providing more than $300 million in weapons and $100 million in military training. Mobutu used his U.S.-supplied arsenal to repress his own people and plunder his nationâ??s economy for three decades, until his brutal regime was overthrown by Laurent Kabilaâ??s forces in 1997. When Kabila took power, the Clinton administration quickly offered military support by developing a plan for new training operations with the armed forces.

Finding 3 â?? Although the Clinton administration has been quick to criticize the governments involved in the Congo War, decades of U.S. weapons transfers and continued military training to both sides of the conflict have helped fuel the fighting. The U.S. has helped build the arsenals of eight of the nine governments directly involved in the war that has ravaged the DRC since Kabilaâ??s coup. U.S. military transfers in the form of direct government-to-government weapons deliveries, commercial sales, and International Military Education and Training (IMET) to the states directly involved have totaled more than $125 million since the end of the Cold War.

Finding 4 â?? Despite the failure of U.S. polices in the region, the current administration continues to respond to Africaâ??s woes by helping to strengthen African militaries. As U.S. weapons deliveries to Africa continue to rise, the Clinton administration is now undertaking a wave of new military training programs in Africa. Between 1991-1998, U.S. weapons and training deliveries to Africa totaled more than $227 million. In 1998 alone, direct weapons transfers and IMET training totaled $20.1 million. And, under the Pentagonâ??s Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) program, U.S. special forces have trained military personnel from at least 34 of Africaâ??s 53 nations, including troops fighting on both sides of the DRCâ??s civil war â?? from Rwanda and Uganda (supporting the rebels) to Zimbabwe and Namibia (supporting the Kabila regime).

Finding 5 â?? Even as it fuels military build-up, the U.S. continues cutting development assistance to Africa and remains unable (or unwilling) to promote alternative non-violent forms of engagement. While the U.S. ranks number one in global weapons exports, it falls dead last among industrialized nations in providing non-military foreign aid to the developing world. In 1997, the U.S. devoted only 0.09% of GNP to international development assistance, the lowest proportion of all developed countries. U.S. development aid to all of sub-Saharan Africa dropped to just $700 million in recent years.

http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/...orts/congo.htm

[BlueCat]

hrw is a great website Psycho!
But finger pointing is futile...they are all to blame...

[BlueCat]

this is a good article too

The Business of War in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Who Benefits?


http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/...sandsense.html

[BlueCat]

Western corporations and financial institutions have encouraged the exploitation. For example, in 1999, RCD-Gomaâ??s financial arm â?? known as SONEX â?? received $5 million in loans from Citibank New York. Additionally, a member of the U.S. Ambassador to the Congoâ??s honorary council in Bukavu has been promoting deals between U.S. companies and coltan dealers in the eastern region. He is also acting chair of a group of coltan-exporting companies based in Bukavu. (Bukavu is located in RCD-held territory.)

U.S. military aid has contributed significantly to the crisis. During the Cold War, the U.S. government shipped $400 million in arms and training to Mobutu. After Mobutu was overthrown, the Clinton administration transferred its military allegiance to Rwanda and Uganda, although even the U.S. State Department has accused both countries of widespread corruption and human rights abuses. During his historic visit to Africa in 1998, President Clinton praised Presidents Kagame and Musevini as leaders of the "African Renaissance," just a few months before they launched their deadly invasion of the DRC with U.S. weapons and training. The United States is not the only culprit; many other countries, including France, Serbia, North Korea, China, and Belgium, share responsibility. But the U.S. presence has helped to open networks and supply lines, providing an increased number of arms to the region.

http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/...sandsense.html

[BlueCat]

where'd you go psycho?

[Psycho4Bud]

Guess who's baaaaackkkkkk????

Ya I read what ya posted and all I've got to say is I was right from the start! ALL POLITIANS ARE DIRTY PIECES OF SHIT!!! But I also stand by my first post, it seems the U.S. really gets a big bashing on here and there isn't really ANY nation clean enough for people to be pointing fingers.....at least have the common courtisy to say "Yah, I know were fucked up to but....".

It's all buisiness that people with morals are amazed at. Sell nuclear technology to countries with potentials for using it wrong. Sell weapons to both sides of a conflict....reminds me of an episode of Star Trek....YAH, I'm stoned.

All we can really do is hope these so called "Intellegent" people we have in charge throughout the world don't fuck up to bad!

[amsterdam]

why do you think liberals around here dont post any real topics??just jokes and insults kinda like the liberals on capital hill.no plans,no ideas,no solutions.just say no.too funny.

[BlueCat]

Really now Hamster shit...what topics and solutions have you posted?