
This is a gut feeling and it’s not a good one. We have been here before and it’s tragic that things becomes like this. That the more things changes, the more they stay the same. Alas, the FARDC and its allies are supposed to be able to compete. The seemingly clear picture is that the M23 are advancing and seemingly getting closer to Goma.
That’s where the objective and goal is. To take Goma and occupy it like it did on the 20th November 2012. It would be an achievement to do it again. Especially, considering the East African brigades and the MONUSCO. Also, the FARDC and other militias who is partaking and participating on the battlefield to destroy M23.
Alas, I am just seeing the picture, as the stories and the movement is moving along. It is just days away or maybe max a few weeks. It depends on the manpower of the FARDC and the amount of guerrillas it gets behind the cause. At this very moment… it seems to be turning this way.
That the insurgency and the rebel army, the guerrilla with questionable ties to Kigali and Kampala is getting closer to a major city. It is getting to Goma and we should see it coming. The warfare and the bloody battles is saying so. The whole movement and the drive seems to be there. They are targeting to reach or be in the realm of where they were in 2012. We are seeing it and should be worried.
This is destroying the Province of Nord-Kivu. No denying in that. Villages and towns are being burned. M23 and the government troops are ensuring a total war. There is no positive news and only a bloodshed. A bloody war created out of hostilities and out of personal interests.
The M23 didn’t rise to the occasion out of nowhere and the backers wants currency in return. They want to eat and enjoy the spoils of war. That’s why they are there to begin with. It doesn’t matter the cost or the possible setbacks of doing so. No, it is the gems, the stones and whatever else the M23 can take. That is what is mattering and there will no difference now.
The Wazalendo, FDLR and whoever else who is on the side of FARDC. They have to be able to defend and stand their ground. Because M23 is brutally assaulting them and stopping them from defending themselves. They are hit and cannot move.
Just wait to they reach Sake and becomes really hostile. When they are there… they know where they are going and where it benefits them. That what the world should know and take a listen. This conflict costs lives. It is murder on a large scale and it barely makes headlines, if even bulletins. This is a silent conflict, but with blazing guns. The civilians and citizens are paying the price.
The M23 and it’s backers must be proud of what they have done so far. They are earning and have an ability to push the government forces back. That must be humbling but also very defeating. As there are no hope and only more bloodshed.
This conflict deserves recognition. However, it will only make the news like it did in 2012. The moment the convoys and brigades of M23 walks in the streets of Goma and sits down with locals to enjoy a water-hole. That’s what they done and they will proclaim a plan to invade Kinshasa. However, we know that will fizzle out and they will have enough just to settle with a cessation of hostilities agreement. So, that the parties can reconfigure each other and stop killing innocent civilians. Peace.












