LETTER TO THE EDITOR, MONITOR BY ADO TIBERONDWA
Does Ali care for war victims?
Ado Tiberondwa
The press recently reported Deputy Prime Minister, Brig. Moses Ali as having defended the use of military force instead of negotiation to end the 16-year war in northern Uganda.The view of UPC is that since Lt. Gen. Museveni and his government have miserably failed to defeat Joseph Kony�s LRA and ADF, they should swallow their pride and start serious peace talks, not only with LRA but also with other military and political forces inside and outside Uganda.
President Museveni should not feel embarrassed about the military defeat he is experiencing to the extent of hiding in Gulu Barracks. After all, he is not the first or the last general to be militarily defeated. Is he going to pitch camp in Bundibugyo or Kasese if the ADF war intensifies?
Brig. Ali�s statement depicts him as a heartless warmonger who does not care about thousands of people who are being killed in the LRA/UPDF war. Negotiation is cheaper in terms of human life and money. The brigadier reminded me that he served in Idi Amin�s regime, which never cared about human life.
Finally, I wish to propose that since LRA has displaced President Museveni from State House, he should join other displaced people�s camps in Gulu instead of camping in the barracks. He is a displaced person.
November 12, 2002 04:01:42
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