When I watch videos like this on the Congo I wonder how the conflict has continued on for so long without some even being aware that it exist or worse yet that those who are aware are not affected by what they do know. I truly believe in the goodness of human beings and would have to side with the opinion that most Americans aren’t aware of what is going on. If they were they would do more to stop the violence and suffering that the Congolese people continue to experience on a day to day basis.

It is true that Africa has many conflicts raging and many people dieing but there is something about the situation in the Congo that demands action and action that is focused and expedient. Perhaps it is the horrific history of the Congo since the time of King Leopold, through the Mobutu years up to the current day that sounds the alarm by prefacing the region under such titles as the “African Holocaust.”

In the end, when one comes face to face with what has happened and continues to happen, the question that one has to raise is not only why the violence and killing is taking place but why are we letting it happen without protest.