FDLR is the acronym for Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. While I agree with the core arguments of the piece, I want to contend that today’s FDLR is not the same as the FDLR of the late 1990s. However, while the FDLR as an armed group has dwindled; as a security threat, it is as significant as ever. The Unique Danger in the DRCWhat makes the DRC’s situation even more volatile is the role of the FDLR as the ideological and operational “brain” of the Wazalendo. Unlike the militias in Sudan or Libya, which were largely driven by power or local grievances, the FDLR provides a genocidal ideological core.