Comments on: War Nerd MC’s First Man O’ War O’wardz http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/ All the news not fit to print: Gary Brecher the War Nerd, Mark Ames, Yasha Levine, Eileen Jones and the rest of Team eXiled Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Johnny http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-12626 Johnny Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:37:25 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-12626 Great entry on Nkunda and shedding some light on the African situation. Excellent site. Had it not been for a guy named Alex Linder, I would never have heard of Nkunda or your article. Thanks. Great entry on Nkunda and shedding some light on the African situation.

Excellent site.

Had it not been for a guy named Alex Linder, I would never have heard of Nkunda or your article.

Thanks.

]]> By: ngabo http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-7486 ngabo Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:12:54 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-7486 I totally agree with the author of the article when he says that Nkunda is great man fighting for the great cause and making a great fight. what I rather criticise is when you say that he came from nowhere and nobody helps him. May be the author needs to resource afresh to know the answers to the above questions. Publishing here where Nkunda came from and who helps him is not my intention. but I know the answers. The author of this article should also know them. the most important is to know that Nkunda s been fighting for the right cause and he did it well. To me this explains that he came from a good palce and he got good help without forgeting to mention that he used it well. Let me conclude by adding that tending to forget where he came from and who helped him was probably the cause of his failure. God bless I totally agree with the author of the article when he says that Nkunda is great man fighting for the great cause and making a great fight. what I rather criticise is when you say that he came from nowhere and nobody helps him. May be the author needs to resource afresh to know the answers to the above questions. Publishing here where Nkunda came from and who helps him is not my intention. but I know the answers. The author of this article should also know them. the most important is to know that Nkunda s been fighting for the right cause and he did it well. To me this explains that he came from a good palce and he got good help without forgeting to mention that he used it well. Let me conclude by adding that tending to forget where he came from and who helped him was probably the cause of his failure.
God bless

]]> By: Kasonga http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-7266 Kasonga Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:14:57 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-7266 Please avoid writting about things that you don't know and come to grips with reality. Please avoid writting about things that you don’t know and come to grips with reality.

]]> By: pakk http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-2612 pakk Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:12:58 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-2612 Nkunda's army is an extension of the RPA (Rwandan Army). It is there because 1) the Rwandan government needs Congo's mineral riches to finance Rwandan 'prosperity'; 2) somehow all these banyamulenge (i.e. congolese tutsi) fighters recruited by the RPA since 1996 must be kept busy, or they might turn against their own masters. Looking for good guys and bad guys in the whole Tutsi-Hutu narrative is a futile effort. Kagame is as totalitarian as Habyarimana was. I mean totalitarian in its textbook sense, with a) maximum power centralization, b) massive indoctrination, c) preventive repression. Totalitarianism is the Rwandan political culture since 19th century at least. Funnily, Rwanda was considered an "african success story" by the West both under Kagame and Habyarimana; both have been Western pets. All Rwandans are well-organized - when it comes to killing as well, - both Hutu and Tutsi. As far as the body count is concerned, the hutu really leaped ahead during the genocide, but the tutsi caught up with them in Congo in 1996-2000. It's difficult to know the exact figures; statistics are not reliable in this part of the world, if you know what I mean. And how the genocide came about to happen is quite a dark story actually. Otherwise Kagame and the French would not be hating each other so much. Really, the story of tutsi self-defence has been used and abused since 1994. It has been employed to justify anything that Kagame and his underdogs were doing. The Americans have now turned against Nkunda not because this 'general' is of any importance on his own. The fact is that the outcry from the Congolese as to what the Rwandan Government has done to their country has become too much to ignore. The message is therefore for Kagame: pal, we really like you and your lovely little fascist country, but you can't play the "poor tutsi / western guilt" game forever. Nkunda’s army is an extension of the RPA (Rwandan Army). It is there because 1) the Rwandan government needs Congo’s mineral riches to finance Rwandan ‘prosperity’; 2) somehow all these banyamulenge (i.e. congolese tutsi) fighters recruited by the RPA since 1996 must be kept busy, or they might turn against their own masters.

Looking for good guys and bad guys in the whole Tutsi-Hutu narrative is a futile effort. Kagame is as totalitarian as Habyarimana was. I mean totalitarian in its textbook sense, with a) maximum power centralization, b) massive indoctrination, c) preventive repression. Totalitarianism is the Rwandan political culture since 19th century at least. Funnily, Rwanda was considered an “african success story” by the West both under Kagame and Habyarimana; both have been Western pets.

All Rwandans are well-organized - when it comes to killing as well, - both Hutu and Tutsi. As far as the body count is concerned, the hutu really leaped ahead during the genocide, but the tutsi caught up with them in Congo in 1996-2000. It’s difficult to know the exact figures; statistics are not reliable in this part of the world, if you know what I mean.

And how the genocide came about to happen is quite a dark story actually. Otherwise Kagame and the French would not be hating each other so much.

Really, the story of tutsi self-defence has been used and abused since 1994. It has been employed to justify anything that Kagame and his underdogs were doing.

The Americans have now turned against Nkunda not because this ‘general’ is of any importance on his own. The fact is that the outcry from the Congolese as to what the Rwandan Government has done to their country has become too much to ignore. The message is therefore for Kagame: pal, we really like you and your lovely little fascist country, but you can’t play the “poor tutsi / western guilt” game forever.

]]> By: Kurt http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-2560 Kurt Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:23:41 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-2560 Brecher, you've had a week to comment on Gaza. I'm getting impatient here. Brecher, you’ve had a week to comment on Gaza. I’m getting impatient here.

]]> By: aleke http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-2550 aleke Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:41:02 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-2550 Quality article Quality article

]]> By: tomarse http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-2538 tomarse Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:09:46 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-2538 Jono, At no point did I say anything that would contradict what you've just posted. I've never said that the Hutu weren't the worst offenders, but at this point I'll point out I'm agnostic about it because those acusing the Hutu's generally completely ignore or totally deny the atrocities committed but Tutsis. The narrative on Rwanda is analogous to WW2 history starting with the genocidal bombings of Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, and ignoring the crimes committed before that by the Axis powers, and in doing so arguably denying the Holocaust, which is pretty much what Gary did. If Gary knew what really happened, which largely contradicts what he's written, then he lied. I don't believe he did know, which for a self proclaimed war nerd may actually be worse. Gary got his info somewhere. Wherever that was, they were lies and deceptions. Jono,
At no point did I say anything that would contradict what you’ve just posted. I’ve never said that the Hutu weren’t the worst offenders, but at this point I’ll point out I’m agnostic about it because those acusing the Hutu’s generally completely ignore or totally deny the atrocities committed but Tutsis.

The narrative on Rwanda is analogous to WW2 history starting with the genocidal bombings of Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, and ignoring the crimes committed before that by the Axis powers, and in doing so arguably denying the Holocaust, which is pretty much what Gary did.

If Gary knew what really happened, which largely contradicts what he’s written, then he lied. I don’t believe he did know, which for a self proclaimed war nerd may actually be worse. Gary got his info somewhere. Wherever that was, they were lies and deceptions.

]]> By: Jono http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-2529 Jono Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:38:09 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-2529 Tomarse, I have checked out the comment and the link to the Taylor site... While the history is many layered I still find it hard to see who isn't interpreting the situation in their preferred way. Accusing anyone of lying seems too extreme. At best there are two tribes of homicidal maniacs who kill and rape each other whenever one has the upper hand. At this moment the evidence points to the Hutus being the worst offenders. After this point there seems to be a successful general with a few men who is making an impact. Whether it is for personal gain, political backers or some other reason it is impossible to say right now... Tomarse,

I have checked out the comment and the link to the Taylor site…

While the history is many layered I still find it hard to see who isn’t interpreting the situation in their preferred way. Accusing anyone of lying seems too extreme. At best there are two tribes of homicidal maniacs who kill and rape each other whenever one has the upper hand. At this moment the evidence points to the Hutus being the worst offenders. After this point there seems to be a successful general with a few men who is making an impact. Whether it is for personal gain, political backers or some other reason it is impossible to say right now…

]]> By: tomarse http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 tomarse Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:12:46 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-2528 Jono, I posted that under Gary's original article about Nkunda, check it out there. Jono, I posted that under Gary’s original article about Nkunda, check it out there.

]]> By: Jono http://exiledonline.com/war-nerd-mc%e2%80%99s-first-man-o%e2%80%99-war-o%e2%80%99wardz/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 Jono Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:08:01 +0000 http://exiledonline.com/?p=2974#comment-2527 Tomarse, What lies and what deception? Your post is useless without arguments. Data first please, when, where, who and what corroborating sources? Tomarse,

What lies and what deception? Your post is useless without arguments. Data first please, when, where, who and what corroborating sources?

]]>