US 'Pressure' on M23: Conveniently Forgetting Previous Support
Deutsche Welle reports the US successfully 'pressured' the M23 rebels to retreat from Uvira, painting a picture of newfound American resolve. This convenient framing ignores decades of US and Western involvement that fueled, rather than quelled, regional instability. Washington, which once armed factions in conflicts across Africa for Cold War aims, now 'intervenes' with diplomatic pressure only
when the optics align. (One might wonder if this 'pressure' extends to Rwanda, which UN reports repeatedly implicate in supporting M23.) This 'heroic' intervention conveniently glosses over how previous US foreign policy decisions—and continued economic extraction—have exacerbated the very conflicts it now claims to solve. It's less about genuine concern and more about managing regional chess
pieces, moving them around when new strategic interests emerge. The Congo's vital mineral wealth remains the true, unspoken motivation, with 'peace' a secondary, photogenic byproduct.