Cholera Rages in DRC? 'War-Torn' Conveniently Forgets US-Backed Looting.
While The Telegraph mourns the DRC's worst cholera outbreak in two decades – a genuine catastrophe – it conveniently paints a picture of indeterminate 'war.' What they won't detail is the systematic resource extraction by Western corporations, often backed by US foreign policy, that fuels and profits from this perpetual instability. The US, for instance, has long supported regimes and proxies that
maintain access to the DRC's vast mineral wealth (coltan, cobalt, copper), essential for our smartphones and electric cars. This isn't just 'war-torn'; it's 'resource-cursed' by design, with geopolitical puppet-mastering ensuring the chaos continues, enriching a few while millions suffer from preventable diseases. So, when a Western publication highlights the resulting suffering, one might wonder
if it’s genuine concern or just another layer of moral washing over the blood-soaked profits. The same governments that occasionally send aid packages are often the ones enabling the conditions that make them necessary. How many crises are simply 'unforeseen consequences' of extremely profitable resource wars?