This is a picture of the "CNN Center" in Atlanta from last Friday, December 9, 2011.
As I was driving through downtown I saw two things that you are not likely to see in America together:
- An all Black crowd of protesters
- Carrying posters with something directly critical of President Obama
I didn't catch what the protest was about so I had to drive around the entire complex (including the Dome) in order to see what they were protesting about.
These were Congolese-Americans who were upset at the apparent reelection of President Joseph Kabila in the wake of alleged election fraud.
The sign says "President Obama Don't County On 50,000 Congolese American Votes This Time".
That clarifies things quite a bit.
They are not attacking Obama. They are dangling their support for Obama out as if it is up for grabs IF he doesn't have Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton intervene in the election grievances of the Democratic Republic of Congo as they want them to do.
The truth is - just as with the new linkage between "Gay Rights" and foreign aid - the D.R.C. needs to handle its own affairs internally without calling upon the United States or any European power (or any external power for that matter) to provided assistance in sorting things out. There is always a string attached when such assistance is requested.
A few years ago the SCLC promised to have a chapter on every continent. Maybe the American-Congolese should walk down to their headquarters to ask for assistance. It might have fewer strings attached and compel the SCLC to get back on track with their mission, getting past the infighting that derailed them so.
From the BBC Article:
A few years ago the SCLC promised to have a chapter on every continent. Maybe the American-Congolese should walk down to their headquarters to ask for assistance. It might have fewer strings attached and compel the SCLC to get back on track with their mission, getting past the infighting that derailed them so.
From the BBC Article:
DR Congo, a country two-thirds the size of western Europe but with hardly any tarred roads or other basic infrastructure, is trying to recover from the 1998-2003 war which claimed an estimated four million lives.
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo warned last week that renewed conflict would be a ticket to The Hague, not power.
Mr Kabila's victory in the last election in 2006 led to street battles between government security forces and militias allied to losing candidate, Jean-Pierre Bemba.
Mr Bemba is now on trial at the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in neighbouring Central African Republic.
If they were aware of the sharks swimming around them - all interested parties should be keeping their eyes on the International Criminal Court and not just their domestic political enemy. The ICC is building up a track record of locking up Black (leaders) that would put the Camden NJ Police Department to shame.
2 comments:
Why are they upset?
They are upset that the US Administration is not taking a stronger hand in their native country's internal strife.
The truth is that Kabila won reelection with a large enough margin that would functionally render most serious claims of election fraud as the reason for the victor as a moot point.
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