The Interahamwe in the DRC

[Tribesman]

The mercenary idea reminded me of Gunships for hire, a very interesting article about a mercenary pilot in Sierra Leone.

Ahhhh I see now... Neall Ellis worked for the Sierra Leone government , and there was me thinking he was a long time contractor for DeBeers

[Lemur]

I hate to admit it, Tribesman, but the fact that you're so dismissive of the merc option makes me suspect it's viable.

[Major Robert Dump]

Make a drug that placates people and tell the Africans it cures AIDS. Then they will all get along.

[Husar]

Ahhhh I see now... Neall Ellis worked for the Sierra Leone government , and there was me thinking he was a long time contractor for DeBeers

Sometimes, one can learn something new.

[Tribesman]

I hate to admit it, Tribesman, but the fact that you're so dismissive of the merc option makes me suspect it's viable.

How many mercs do you know ?
How many of them would you trust to run a school crossing service without scamming both thekids crossing the road and the drivers using it ?
I laughed like hell when one of them turned up for his pre-deployment induction in Texas for his new job at Baghdad airport , and got slammed in jail for an old job in Guatemala

Though I did know a decent one , an old Black Watch fellow with a Belgian MC from an earlier esxapade in this country in question . nice bloke , said he was an evil murdering bastard back then (a well paid EMB though), but not anymore as he didn't have any eyes .

Dismissive of Mercs ..... too bloody right I am .

[Husar]

So basically there is no solution except nuking the place and then sending people in protective suits to get the minerals etc?

Now nuking the place will kill a lot of people you might say, but watching the slaughter for many centuries will kill all the people who are born in those centuries as well, so by nuking the place we save all the future generations from being killed.

I would like to hear a solution from you Tribesman, you're good at dismissing everything, but I see a bit of a lack of better solutions.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

The solution is to stop sticking our noses in. Eventually the place will sort itself out. Once that happens you can go in and sell cars/hover bikes.

You can't fix this with money, soldiers or good will. It will go on until the people involved get sick of it, which might be starting to happen in Sudan.

[Tribesman]

I would like to hear a solution from you Tribesman, you're good at dismissing everything, but I see a bit of a lack of better solutions.

Try post#2 ,the 2nd and 3rd lines and repeated in 3rd line of post#5

[Husar]

Try post#2 ,the 2nd and 3rd lines and repeated in 3rd line of post#5

You're right, and I even thought about it before.