Darfur--Rwanda Genocide Redux
The answer to this problem is so easy it is hard to believe the U.S. lets it continue. One NATO or U.S. tank division to protect the Africans against the slaughter by Arab janjaweed (militia) would stop the genocide in Darfur. Today's New York Times has its umpteenth article on what is happening.
"60 Minutes" had it's umpteenth show on the genocide last night. The Darfur genocide can easily be stopped if the Bush administration cared to stop it. The people committing the genocide are riding camels, for God's sake. How tough can it be for a few Hummers and Abrams tanks to send them running for the hills and establishing a security perimeter around the refugee camps?
It is appalling that Rwanda is being replayed right before the world's eyes and that no country or alliance is coming forward to stop it. It's too bad if the Sudan government doesn't want others to interfere.
If they interfered with a U.S. or NATO intervention, the Sudan government could be taken down more quickly than it took to flush Noriega out of Panama. They already have a civil war they can't handle and we should at least be covertly supporting it.
And here is Boy George at it again. He sent Colin Powell and Condi Rice, his only two African-American acquaintances, out there to express U.S. displeasure. After they left, the killing started again and Bush's position has been to "Let the UN handle it". How cynical can he get?
Normally he derides UN involvement. He's done nothing but bad-mouth the UN since he came into office. He deems it ineffective in dealing with this kind of crisis. And it is. Its force is not crossing the border from Chad into the Sudan to protect the 2 1/2 million refugees because Sudan said they shouldn't.
So why is he expecting the UN to do something he feels they are ineffective at doing? Easy answer. He doesn't care.
One thing we do know. There won't be any post-genocide apology a la Bill Clinton in Rwanda. As we all know, George Bush never apologizes for his mistakes, because he never makes any. Just ask him.
"60 Minutes" had it's umpteenth show on the genocide last night. The Darfur genocide can easily be stopped if the Bush administration cared to stop it. The people committing the genocide are riding camels, for God's sake. How tough can it be for a few Hummers and Abrams tanks to send them running for the hills and establishing a security perimeter around the refugee camps?
It is appalling that Rwanda is being replayed right before the world's eyes and that no country or alliance is coming forward to stop it. It's too bad if the Sudan government doesn't want others to interfere.
If they interfered with a U.S. or NATO intervention, the Sudan government could be taken down more quickly than it took to flush Noriega out of Panama. They already have a civil war they can't handle and we should at least be covertly supporting it.
And here is Boy George at it again. He sent Colin Powell and Condi Rice, his only two African-American acquaintances, out there to express U.S. displeasure. After they left, the killing started again and Bush's position has been to "Let the UN handle it". How cynical can he get?
Normally he derides UN involvement. He's done nothing but bad-mouth the UN since he came into office. He deems it ineffective in dealing with this kind of crisis. And it is. Its force is not crossing the border from Chad into the Sudan to protect the 2 1/2 million refugees because Sudan said they shouldn't.
So why is he expecting the UN to do something he feels they are ineffective at doing? Easy answer. He doesn't care.
One thing we do know. There won't be any post-genocide apology a la Bill Clinton in Rwanda. As we all know, George Bush never apologizes for his mistakes, because he never makes any. Just ask him.
Labels: Bush Foreign Policy, Darfur, genocide, Sudan
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