President Yoweri Museveni has called on senior commanders and staff currently on training at the Senior Command and Staff College in Kimaka to interest themselves in the study of the different ways that armies have waged wars and why they have done so.

Delivering a paper on the doctrines and ethos of armies, the President gave an in-depth history of the war between Germany and Russia, saying despite Germany being outnumbered and outgunned and surrounded, they could neither surrender nor be captured.
“I heard a rumour that when some of you were in the bush war, outnumbered and outgunned, you never surrendered and yet you had no food,” he said.

The President who inspected a guard of honour on arrival at the College, was today addressing the 9th course of 38 commanders from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan and South Africa during one of his regular lectures to trainers at the college.

Citing several wars in history right from the first world war, the President said that history has proven that justice wars will always emerge victorious even when they are faced with superior opponents.

The President said the doctrine of the NRA was that of a peoples war; to swallow the enemy among the people. He emphasized that there are factors that influence war including strategic, technical and planning reasons among others saying the three main wars include a just war whose cause is always supported by the people, a criminal war always started from within but with no reason and a war of aggression using superior technology.

The President who pledged to provide a more detailed paper on the doctrines and ethos of war said to have a resilient army with ethos and doctrines of winning a just cause, it is important to have confident soldiers with the knowledge and skills.
Responding to some of the issues raised by the trainees about the cutting of aid by the USA because of the anti homosexuality act, the President said, despite the aid cuts, the economy is growing, adding however, that it is more important to focus on trade rather than aid.
On the war on terror, the President said the first problem is ideological and also disorientation which have to be dealt with, saying the biggest challenge is to make people ideologically clear.
The College commandant Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti commended the President for always sharing his views with trainers at the College.
The lecture was attended by the Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Katumba Wamala and several other high ranking officers.