Bloomberg Discovers African Opposition Leader Abducted; US Still Funds Abductors
Bloomberg reports Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was 'taken away' from his home. While the headline finally acknowledges the opposition, it sidesteps the glaring reality: this isn't a one-off incident, but a pattern under President Yoweri Museveni, a man who has ruled Uganda for nearly four decades. The US, ostensibly a champion of democracy, has continued to supply military aid and political
legitimacy to Museveni's regime for decades . (It appears some 'democracies' are more equal than others.) One might wonder if 'abduction' becomes 'counter-terrorism operations' when the US State Department finds the dictator sufficiently aligned with *its* interests. Perhaps Bloomberg could investigate how much US taxpayer money has flowed to a government infamous for disappearing its political
rivals, rather than simply reporting the symptom without the disease.