The town's three policemen fled and there was no response from the military and U.N. peacekeepers to the increasingly panicked pleas for help. That's when residents realized they were on their own.So much for counting on either "Only Ones" or globalist gungrabbers.
...So Akoyo called a town meeting and told everyone to bring whatever weapons they had: pre-World War II rifles, homemade shotguns, lances, swords, machetes, hunting knives, bows with sheaths of poisoned arrows.
...Since then, the residents of Bangadi have successfully driven off two attacks by the Ugandan rebels, who have killed at least 900 people in this remote northeastern corner of Congo over the past seven weeks. [More]
I'd like to see Paul Helmke, Rebecca Peters, et al issue a statement condemning these people.
I dare them to.
[Via Plug Nickel Times]
Two notes:
ReplyDeleteFirst, this is some community organizing I could really get behind :)
Second, and more seriously, I see that the eventual arrival of the regular soldiers has been greeted with less than relief.
That's because the "Regulars" aren't any less corrupt or brutal than the "rebels."
ReplyDelete"Aid workers and human rights activists are watching the phenomenon with trepidation. In a part of Congo with dozens of militias and rebels, they fear these self-defense groups could transform into a menacing force." from the article.
ReplyDeleteWhat the fuck is wrong with these people? They had their chance! They muffed it. Now they're worried about people who didn't elect to die unresisting?
Well maybe the no good sonsofbitches should worry, they're as much the problem as anybody.
We see this in our own country. Fear of anyone who values his life enough to defend it. What does that tell us about their designs for our lives? That's right, give the man a kewpie doll. In their eyes non-cooperative victims are to be feared. Helpless people are not. \
I repeat, no man needs another disarmed and helpless unless he has evil intentions for that other man.
Doesn't it appear as though the murderous rebels are actually doing work approved of by these aid workers and humanitarian (?)organizations?
Where the Hell is their fear of the murderous attackers? Nowhere. That tells us all we need to know about them. I sincerely hope their fears are grounded in reality as to their personal liability and future.
UN "peacekeepers" remind me of a lifeguard I almost had to hurt once. My girlfriend and I barely survived a riptide because we knew what to do and were both strong swimmers. He watched us waving and calling. He said he thought we were just saying "Hi!" and "I'd hate to have to go into that surf and pull anyone out."
ReplyDeleteThe UN doesn't know those people. They get paid the same if they protect everybody or nobody. If you're not on the UN-approved side of a conflict, peacekeeper indifference is perhaps better than having them come into your AO.
Never, never give up a gun, except to get another, better gun and/or more ammunition. Never.
To those surprised at the reactions of the "officials" at this "phenomenon", repeat after me:
ReplyDeleteIt's not about guns, it's about control.
The "officials" are worried that these people will become self sufficient enough to realize that they don't need "officials" to run their lives for them.