That seems to be basic common sense, but it appears that the government of the Democrat Republic of Congo don’t understand this.

It appears that talks between the government and the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) led by General Laurent Nkunda have broken down because they want to bring in other militias….You know, the ones that aren’t on a path to seizing half the country, because they do not have their act together:

The Democratic Republic of Congo government at the weekend invited around 20 other armed groups to participate in the talks, aimed at ending fighting in North Kivu province that has displaced a quarter of a million people since August.

The CNDP and the government of Congo are the only players here, and adding 20 people to the table is intended to simply diminish the CNDP.

Um….Hello? You need to get a clue: The CNDP is kicking the ass of your sorry excuse for the army, and can seize much of the region in a few weeks.

I would note that one of the 20 other groups invited is the genocidal Huto FDLR militia, who are the proximate cause of all this, because when they aren’t trying to kill Tutsi women and children in Rwanda, they are trying to kill Tutsi women and children in eastern Congo, though the governments of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to disband the militia.