On Dec 5, 6:57*pm, riverman wrote:
On Dec 6, 10:29*am, David F wrote:





On Dec 2, 5:40*am, riverman wrote:

On Dec 2, 4:13*pm, JOHNROBERT wrote:

I have just visited GoPetition and found the following page very
interesting:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/...est-war-crimin...

Regards

John R.

Oh, how sweet. Good luck with that.

--riverman

I'll trust Obama to do whatever is needed.

I'd be just as surprised if Obama got us involved in the war in Congo
as I would be if a petition drive got MONUC to arrest Nkunda. Maybe
some political maneuvering to block the Chinese access to minerals,
but not military force.

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As I understand it the main motivation for this warfare that has now
taken at least 2 million lives is control of the minerals in the
region. Including one substance that is essential to cell phones.

So, wouldn't an organized international "outing," pressure,
demonstrations etc outside the Congo, putting pressure on the tech
companies (Nokia etc) who constitute the market for such materials be
more effective that the thrise failed attempts at intervention?

Dave
And I cannot avoid pointing out the involvement of people such as
Cheney, and Bush senior, over the years in this African mess as well
as various European firms doing their damndest to keep the "heart of
darkness," dark. Most Americans do not even know anything about the
"First African World War" that is heating up again.