ABC News Discovers Repression, Ignores US Complicity
When ABC News observes 'soldiers in the street' and 'internet shutdowns' hindering Ugandan voters, it frames these as unfortunate quirks of a foreign election. What's conveniently left out is the sustained military aid and political legitimization successive US administrations have offered Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president since 1986. For decades, the US has funneled billions in security
assistance, training, and equipment to Uganda’s military (Source: Department of Defense, ForeignAssistance.gov), the very forces deployed to suppress dissent. This isn't a bug; it's a feature of friendly authoritarianism. Washington's 'concern' for democratic processes rings hollow when those same processes are undermined by leaders like Museveni, whom the US has long propped up as a regional
security partner. How many internet blackouts does a 'strategic ally' get before the media connects the dots between US taxpayer money and the boots on the ground crushing local democracy?