Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Meanwhile in the Other Heart of Darkness

A long-simmering war that has caused huge casualtiesreignites under the noses of the international community.

And nobody much cares, it seems:

Rebel forces in eastern Congo vowed on Wednesday to "liberate" all of the vast central African country as they began seizing towns near the Rwandan border and spoke of a 1,000-mile march to the capital Kinshasa.

The M23 rebels, widely believed to be backed by Rwanda, captured the eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, a provincial capital home to a million people; United Nations peacekeepers simply looked on, after Congolese troops had quit the town.

If a single Jew fired a shot or a single Palestinian could claim victimhood, I'm sure the People of Concern around the world would be very upset.

UPDATE: More on the latest events in this long war.