quicksand wrote:newfarer wrote:now donors(us german netherlands etc) are dropping support to rwanda like a hot potato over alleged rwandan support of drcongo m23 rebels.
this is why I think african dictators should learn to retire when they are still useful.
if kagame retired like last year he would be in almost same rank as mandela.
now without donor support he will be nothing
newfarer is right. The Western powers switch their allegiances at their convenience. One minute you are a darling, the next a pariah. It is not about Kagame. Something in the DR situation must have changed and the West have flip-flopped. May be they have been promised tonnes of raw minerals or oil. It is incredibly difficult to survive the propaganda machine. Next, they will start funnelling money to Kagame's local opposition. If there is none, they will create one. Then the funding and strategic economic taps will dry up ...media houses controlled by corrupt barons will start running some very nasty pieces and exposes. Kagame is not like Putin, Ahmadinejad or Chavez, he has nothing he can fight back with... And China might not come to the rescue. Is there anything China can harvest from Rwanda? Or are you all naive to assume they are benevolent benefactors?
You summed it up perfectly, without the western back slapping him, Kagame is just another African dictator who believes his citizens need him (read western media). whether we like it or not the west will somehow figure out a way to chop him down to bits.
I for one hope the west does not abandon him coz for sure the great lakes region will explode leading to loss of countless lives and wealth.
Someone needs to overthrow Kabila junior, he is an embarassment.
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