AFRICOM caught with pants down

One of America's favorite allies in Africa, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, was singled out in a UN report last week for arming rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Among other things, our proxies have been accused of recruiting child soldiers and carrying out massacres and mass rapes.

Kagame has enjoyed friendly relations with the White House for many years, and has been a pet African leader of every administration going back to the Bill Clinton era.

So we are just shocked, appalled, stunned, etc. to hear these accusations. Who knew?

Hillary spokesperson Victoria Nuland laid it out straight away. "We are deeply concerned," she announced, and went on to say that if such goings on are ongoing, would Mr. Kagame please cut it out.

All this feigned surprise is a bit much. Here's a quote from the offical web-site of the US Army, circa 2009;

RDF spokesman Major Jill Rutaremara said the U.S. military and RDF share a robust military-to-military relationship.

"We have received training in a number of professional military institutions in the U.S., from our NCOs to cadets in school like West Point," Rutaremara said.

This was on the occassion of a visit to Rwanda by then AFRICOM boss General William Ward.

So the US Army has a "robust" relationship with the Rwandan Army, but nobody had any idea that the Rwandans have been stirring the pot in Congo all these years?

I'm thinking somebody's not telling the truth!