Once again, the main issue is not what uniform the killers are putting on, it is that they are killers. I think there are more reasons to convince me that most of the killings are being done by the rebels not the government forces. It is our collective condemnation of these killings that may force both parties to come to the negotiating table. A condemnation of the rebels by UPC, a section of which you Matekopolo represents, will come in handy in here.
That UPDF is failling in its responsibilities is not debatable since even the commander in chief himself has acknowledged the failure on several occations. The same could however also be said of the former national army (UNLA). The killings of the people in Luwero can by the same token be blamed on the failure of UNLA to protect them and their property. Like the UPC government tried to solve a political problem militarilly and failed, the present government is also failing to solve a political problem militarilly. It is high time we broke this cycle. One way of going about it is for organisations like UPC that have gone through the same experience come out openly and denounce Konny and his killings. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > In a message dated 11/10/2003 2:35:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I could be wrong on this, but if I'm not mistaken, the issue at hand > was > > whether it was the UPDF killing the people in the North or the Rebels > > > having/wearing UPDF uniforms. According to the eye witnesses, the > rebels in > > uniforms similar to those of UPDF and not the UPDF possing as rebels, > killed > > > > the people. > > It could also be argued that it is the UPDF possing as rebels who are > > killing the people. .right? > > It is not impossible for the rebels to acquire uniforms similar to > > those of > > the UPDF. > > If it is possible for the rebels to acquire UPDF uniforms,..... > conversly > it could be argued that it is equally possible for the some elements > of > UPDF to acquire rebel UNIFORMS (which are similar to that of the UPDF) > and > carry out atrocities while in this uniforms against ugandans. > Museveni > already engaged and set a precedent in such tricks.. I am sure our > learnt friend > will agree with this fact. > > > > > > That all those many people can be killed is a sign that the UPDF is > failing > > in > > its cardinal responsibility of protecting the people of Uganda and > their > > property. > > That is correct ..and is the only conclusion we must draw. > > > > > However, the fact that some of us on this forum have not condemned the > > > rebels > > for this killing and insteady seem to derive satisfaction, political > or > > otherwise is even a worse sin that that of UPDF's failure. > > > Yeah..."some of us" like who? > > > > > As has been stated on this forum before, the rebel problem in the > Uganda is > > a > > political problem that has to be politically and not militarilly > addressed. > > > > May the souls of those that have perished in these useless wars rest > in > > peace. > > > > > > > > Matek > \\\\\\\"Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Njoki Paul University of Pretoria -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
