But there’s no basis for this. (1) Mamdani’s own book only claims that Amin worked as “kitchen help” for the British at age 11. (2) Amin’s military records only start at age 18. (3) One Ugandan source states Amin was brought for conscription at age 16, but was rejected for being underage.

Mamdani then says: “[Idi] Amin was trained as a mercenary, a child soldier, by the British... He was taught to be a ruthless, violent person. And he indeed was ruthless and violent.”

So, he ascribes Amin’s violence to having been trained as a child soldier-mercenary by the British.

I’m just saying, I don’t want judges and clerks to read my briefs and think “wow he’s so smart, he did such a brilliant job of arguing that claim.” I want them to think, “how does that bozo luck into all these cases with slam-dunk claims?”

Twitter: leftist, liberal, centrist, and conservative, and I hope to do the same here.