World Powerless To Stop Darfur's Killing And Carnage

[Purveyor]

Source: AFP

KHARTOUM (AFP) — Diplomatic wrangling dashed hopes for an end to the killing and rape in Darfur this year and a new UN-backed peacekeeping mission scheduled to start on January 1 faces an uphill struggle.

UN Darfur envoy Jan Eliasson and his African Union counterpart Salim Ahmed Salim have had scant success trying to revive and broaden a peace deal reached last year between the Khartoum government and rebel groups in the strife-torn region of western Sudan.

There has been no end to the violence -- which the United States calls "genocide" -- and both sides are still blaming each other for the carnage and destruction that began in February 2003.

The combined effects of war and famine have killed at least 200,000 people with more than two million displaced, according to UN estimates.

UN and AU-mediated talks in the Libyan city of Sirte in October, aimed at persuading Darfur rebel leaders to join peace negotiations, got nowhere because the main rebel groups boycotted the event.



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[Ezana]

1. A larger humanitarian crisis has emerged in Somalia

A larger, and the largest humanitarian crisis in Africa is happening in Somalia, about a million people are displaced and hundrads of civilians are dying everyday due disease and due to the brutal acts of the Ethiopian regime. But this is not given enough attention because the cause of this humanitarian crisis is the US itself, employing a puppet govrnment.

[Lucinda]

2. It is still unreal to me that we have so many resources, so much knowledge, and yet

things like this are still happening in the world. Or rather, they are allowed to happen.

[magellan]

3. Allowed to happen is right, and once again oil is at its heart. n/t

[Toots]

5. If these countries had white populations it would be stopped

Kosovo is a fine example..

[lynnertic]

6. it wouldn't have started

on edit, before anyone reads too much into it:
I think the world's political will wouldn't have allowed it to start is what I meant.

[Toots]

8. Are you saying Kosovo never happened?

That because they are a white population such would never have been allowed to begin? Is that what you are saying?

[lynnertic]

16. No, no, no.

Sorry, I was completely wrong.

[classysassy]

13. The safe ones

you are correct,WW2 was the last time white nations fought each other."never again"Racism and greed are the root cause of wars on our planet.

[The Stranger]

11. Actually, two of the wars/occupations/mass killings going on in the world are by the U.S.

And that will likely spur many more for many decades to come.

[Lucinda]

15. No argument from me on that point. And we have propped up

others who do it, even if we aren't actually physically involved on the ground. It's ugly, no matter how you look at it...

[nosmokes]

4. We're not *powerless* it's that those in power do not have the political will or

courage to make the hard choices and do what it takes for *Never Again* to actually have any meaning. It's a pathetic state of affairs when The USA can't exert a little pressure on China because the Chinese might call in our debt that was used to illegally invade and occupy a country so that Big Oil could make windfall profits and the dollar could go in the tank. But thank Flying Spaghetti Monster impeachment ain't on the table. Wouldn't want Congress getting sidetracked or anything. Then we might really be in trouble.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. yes, the world doesn't care.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

18. Some people would seem not to care...

...some, believe it or not, actually make light of genocide:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7336210

[Chovexani]

19. Some, believe it or not, are completely full of shit

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

20. Couldn't agree more. nt.

[Chovexani]

21. Particularly people who post out of context quotes in lame ass attempts to play gotcha

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

22. If you're referring to me...

...perhaps you can identify where I've posted a quote that you feel has been taken out of context.

And then do please feel free to put it in proper context -- if that's not too much to ask?

[Stuckinthebush]

9. Nosmokes hits the nail on the head

Sadly, it's not an issue of not being able to do anything, it's an issue of not wanting to do anything.

[madrchsod]

10. clinton did nothing to stop rwanda

when he had the ability to do so. why would anything change with this president? africa has no value to the united states unless there is money to be made on it`s resources.

[Turbineguy]

12. Well it's certainly handy

to blame the US for all this, but in the end it's those who do the killing that are responsible.

We have a puppet government in the US but we don't go around wantonly killing eachother.

[sentelle]

14. Its not powerless

It chooses to ignore it.
Lets not mince words here. The US doesn't care, and the UN makes token gestures.

This throw up your hands stuff is bullshit.

[w4rma]

17. World Could Care Less About Stopping Darfur's Killing and Carnage - Unfortunately. (nt)

[Pavulon]

23. Unwilling

We have a massive military and NATO has resources that could at minimum pin the bad guys in place and prevent them from moving.

With no troop exposure.

Pretty sad.

[conspirator]

24. 2 words: NO OIL nt

[Ignis]

25. Riiiight. Just like we were powerless to stop Saddam's (imaginary) WMDs!

:eyes:

Isn't it amazing how Iraqi oil is a much more motivating fluid than African blood?

:cry: