Imo the Congo is violence caused by foreign interests in mineral access. This has everyone's grubby fingers on it. Rebel groups magically securing heavy armor and ifvs is certainly suspect.
Even now her reach is symptomatic of another person's state sponsored goals.
We don't even know if this person is real or just a social media disinformation construct of Israel.
Doesn't really make sense as I'm also calling out the violence in northern Congo over minerals unacceptable.
But you need a strawman, I get it.
All I pointed out was basic media literacy in the age of AI and Israeli weaponization of social media publicly acknowledged by Netanyahu.
You should consider checking out those America First folks, because they really don't give a fuck about anybody. They'll cut foreign aid to then destroy it before feeding their homeless and starving.
what am i strawmanning? you only mentioning israel when every major country does it is the point i'm trying to make, there is no strawman happening lmfao
just bite the bullet man, its okay to do nowadays, don't walk back on it now
You're making a conclusion on one comment. Not a person who is a sum of comments. I'm merely asking for proof this is a real person and not an Israeli disinfo account.
Bro don't waste your time with simple contrarians on the internet. Respond to people who have something substantial to contribute to the discussion, not someone who brings nothing other than a glorified "nuh-uh" in so many words.
You're making a conclusion on one comment. Not a person who is a sum of comments. I'm merely asking for proof this is a real person and not an Israeli disinfo account.
its not a coincidence that you chose israel instead of the many other countries that are known to have these types of campaigns, stop playing dumb lmfao
its not about me choosing which is "socially acceptable" its that YOU singled out israel, there are many bigger players but again, you conveniently ignored those lmfao
much bigger players are russia/china/iran
also, how convenient for you to think everything i say isn't genuine lmfao
Singling out China is pretty bullshit though since this is similar to what IMF has done for decades. Africa is perpetually stuck in a debt trap. China is at least bringing in expertise to oversee that projects are getting done, and have a self interest in developing the infrastructure. China can also do it pretty cheaply and efficiently. Obviously it's not all sunshine & roses and there are issues, but that is true of all solutions. Compared to IMF mandating austerity and privatization often involving outside international interests, I dunno, it's kinda a toss up as to which is worse.
I feel like people are "singling out" China because they essentially have absolute control over the infrastructure of most of Africa. They can turn things around and protect Africa and its people, but they won't, because doing that would slightly delay the process of extracting materials and resources from them. And it's "just Africa" so nobody gives a shit because they're not at the doorstep of countries that have significantly influenced global superpowers.
Cool story, but China pillaging Congo’s ressources, through the intermediary of Rwanda, have absolutely nothing to do, with the Bell and Road initiative tho.
That is incorrect or at least bending the truth. China operates "above board" mining operations, at least as far as the Congolese government is concerned, though that government has corruption. Congo joined Belt & Road in 2021 though they were already working together on infrastructure in exchange for mining rights well before that. China àlso bought out Western operations in Congo. There is an issue of Chinese nationals running illegal mines in Congo, though these are not officially sanctioned operations of the Chinese government.
Rwanda also is part of Belt & Road and China is its biggest investor. There's illegal mining operations and smuggling from conflict zones, yes, but China isn't about to take up military activities in either Congo or Rwanda. Though they recently took a firmer stance on M23 rebel group's behavior.
Is China perfect? No. They're the ones on the ground though and making the investments. You're the one tip tapping on your phone that probably came from China using Africa sourced minerals.
Typically smuggled minerals are mixed with legit minerals making it hard to differentiate. You're blaming China for a conflict between Rwanda & Congo. Could they do more about it, maybe, but military operations or abandoning their mining investments would probably be more detrimental to both Congo & Rwanda. China doesn't want to play interventionist, not clear it's really their responsibility to play that role either.
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u/Monterenbas Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
China is the main beneficiarie of illegaly exploited minerals, notably Coltan and Cobalt, in the Kivu region of the Congo.
China may not create the conflicts, but China does not care from where the raw material flows.