Quote Originally Posted by Stan View Post
Government troops who took rebel territory are being driven out again !

That's kind of got a ring of optimism

Rebels gain ground in DR Congo clashes
Doesn't it. But then, Kinshasa is a little ways down the road (or the river) from Kivu.

If 25,000 Government troops couldn't beat 4,000 rebel troops when they were fresh and before their morale had taken a hard thrashing, how can they expect to do so now. The incompetence of the Congolese Army is sadly of nearly legendary proportions; conversely, Tutsi-base Armies in the region have established reputations of something like real competence, at times anyway.