The Kitona Operation, which saw a small force of Rwandan and Ugandan troops land threateningly near Kinshasa in a confiscated airliner, was daring and potentially decisive in a multinational effort to quell unrest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, oust the president, and secure other interests by capturing the DRC capital. The misconception that caused the operation to fail was political. Rwanda and Uganda counted on support from Angola that was not forthcoming. Tactically and as a demonstration of a small military’s prowess, the operation was noteworthy, but it was equally stark in exposing a costly absence of political acumen. The offshoot was that the Second Congo War was perpetuated and could only be ended by extensive diplomacy.