One year on, Riek Machar still has appetite for killing
3 min readBy David Aoloch Bion
It is now one year since Riek Machar declared war on December 6, 2013, that if he is not allow to be the President of South Sudan , he would cause ‘’chaos , disorder and throw South Sudan into abyss’’ The chaos , disorder and throwing of South Sudan into abyss is the codename for coup or war .
In political language , war or coup is always unmentionable but it is imply in rhetoric , for example , when US President George Bush was preparing war against President Saddam Hussein of Iraq , he never mentioned the word ‘’war’’ in all speeches until warplanes bombed selected targets inside Baghdad .
Mr Bush was always quoted as saying ‘’ if Saddam Hussein do not disarm, he will ’’ face serious consequences ‘’ . ‘’Serious consequences ‘’ was the code name for Bush’s war, therefore, when Riek said South Sudan will be in ‘’chaos and disorder ‘’ . ‘’Chaos and disorder” was the codename for Riek’s coup or war .
On December 15, 2013 , Riek Machar attempted the coup to overthrow Mr Kiir who is refusing him to become the President . When the coup failed, he manufactured another lie to create the war, that 20, 000 Nuer had been massacred in Juba in less than a week to inflame war and Nuer sentiment against the Dinka ., yes of course , Nuer are killed in the crossfire as other South Sudanese , the total number of those killed in Juba is 700 persons from 64 tribes .
The war is going on now, Nuer have been killed . Dinka have been killed. Nuer can’t allow themselves to be killed by Dinka . Dinka can’t allow themselves to be killed by Nuer . it is equal – equal killing ,
There is genuine call for mutual restoration of peace to stop the equal-equal killing but Riek and his warlords still have appetite for killing and have rejected peace call in Pagak by demanding impossibilities . What is next? , it is equal –equal killing.
The question to Riek is , ‘’Do you have any strength beyond the bullets you have been using in last 12 months to grab state power from Kiir ?’’
My dear you not have any strength remaining beyond the bullets you have been using since December 15 , 2013 to remove Salva Kiir from power by force.
Before December 15, you talked of war, now we have war. You talk of chaos and disorder, now we have them, you talk of shooting, now you have shot . What will you talk next? Nothing .
From self evident of the Pagak resolution Riek Machar has lust for killing , in false name of revenging 20,000 Nuer . that is good for him , it is his free will or libertarian acts ,to create any lie to justify his actions , he has the power to kill as many as millions of people with his brave white army but he will not be the President of South Sudan which is the end of his killing . The end will not justify the means for him.
The way forward is both for parties to stop and mutually to stop equal –equal killing, unconditionally so long they share the power regardless of whatever position .
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