AHC/WI: White Legion carves out an enclave/fiefdom in Zaire

Pesigalam

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As the title says. Could the White Legion become one of the warlord groups ruling parts of the Congo? What would be the outcome if they tried to carve out a separate state for themselves (I imagine this would work by them propping up some regional leader as the local ruller but them having the actual power in their hands, like the Praetorian Guard had done at times in Rome)
 
Its doubtful as for one,they are white and would be seen as foreign invaders more or less in the Congo,it isn't like South Africa where maybe they could find a base of support among the Afrikaners since the DR Congo doesn't have any real white population and thats what the White Legion would probably need,that or money which I feel would ultimately run out.
 
The white legion numbered along around 275 men. Another issue is the fact that the White Legion had serious internal tensions. Around 30 of them were highly trained French mercenaries. The rest were mostly former Yugoslav army soldiers. In addition to the fact that they often had trouble communicating with each other, the Yugoslavs often refused to provide the Frenchmen with air-support from their helicopter gunships. In order to correct these issues, you need Mobutu to not be as cheap as he was ( apparently he could not accept that the rebellion and Rwandan invasion was a real threat to his regime) and to hire not only more mercenaries but also only hire from one group (either all french or all Yugoslav) to eliminate the internal tension.
 
Reading the wiki entry, these guys don't sound like they'd be capable of doing anything of the sort. They were barely competent at the job they were actually hired for, let alone capable of managing the real politic of establishing a breakaway republic.
 
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