Billions Invested | Nothing Gained by UN | Rape of Congo Women Continues Unabated

“Grandsons!” she yelled. “Get off me!” These are the words of Congolese woman Anna Mburano, an 80-year-old grandmother raped recently by four armed men. Ms Mburano is one of over 200 women raped in the Congo, in a flurry of manhandling the past few weeks.

Despite 10 years of experience and billions of dollars invested by developed nations, the UN cannot keep the women safe. Many believe that the rape of women in the Congo is a prime example of investing immeasureable amounts of money in peacekeeping forces that accomplish nothing, as far as the women are concerned.

Liberal pundits will analyze brutalities in the Congo as being an ideological form of post-colonial, socially-demeaning societal residue that rests solely on the shoulders of Western nations. Could we suggest that Congo is a vastly wealthy nation, and the fighting is about money and control of wealth? Women are collateral damage and weapons of war, in a nightmare waged by greedy men fighting each other to the death.

Of course, we have bad dudes working for Western corporations, and Western consumers only to happy to buy products made with Congo wealth. But Congolese men are leading this war that rapes women to serve male egos and competitive spirits hungry for plunder. And no institution in the world is able to keep the women safe. Today’s update via NYTimes.