What are your thoughts on the killing in Darfur on this Thanksgiving eve?

Question

I didn't know much about it but I saw an episode of Fronline that filled me in. There is Oil in the Sudan and the Chinese have bought the govt there. The Sudan Govt is supplying viscious arab bandits with weapons and support to do the worst things you can imagine to the indigenous African tribes there and mostly killing villages of them at a rate of about 6,000 killings per month. This has been going on since the early nineties. The UN has talked about it but done nothing until this year. My thoughts were the least someone could do would be to arm the Africans.

Edit:

Rightwing you are correct. The US is the only country to officially call it genocide with the risk of disrupting relations with the Chinese.

Also the Africans that are being butchered are Christians and the killers and rapists and mutilators are Muslim.

edit2:

Ironically, the main reason the US can't go is because of the fuss from the left over the Iraq situation.

Edit3:

justgood your link does not say if or when the EU declared it a genocide. The episode I saw of Frontline, a left leaning series did not mention it either. The Bush administration did this during Bush's first term. And I would say by your feeble defense of the UN you are the one concerned about something else.

Answer 1

More evidence that religion breeds conflict.

Answer 2

UN bashing is like laying asleep on the backseat of a car and blaming the car because it doesn't drive, that's my first thought. The UN is not a separate body with an army and if you fail to recognize that you're ignoring reality. The UN is set up that way the five permanent security council members have to agree before any military action can be taken. That's why the UN is inefficient in cases like this one.
The killing must be stopped and it's up to the world community as a whole including the US but also China to use all their influence to stop this tragedy. But like said all five have to agree, Russia ,the US, the UK, France and China. That system is doomed for failure, the UN needs reform but blaming the UN without acknowledging how the UN works is a cheap excuse

The EU called it genocide as well. Is this a question out of concern for Darfur or something else?

Answer 3

I'm sure the libs will blame Bush for this. But, as you probably know by now from watching frontline, the United States has been the one country doing the most in an attempt to stop this. The UN, which is loved by the libs, has done nothing except create resolution after resolution......sound familiar libs......same thing with Iraq. So here we have the UN, who is loved by the left, doing nothing..and Bush, who is hated by the left, doing everthing. Libs once again are completely backwards in logical thinking.

Answer 4

If I understand this correctly this is a Muslim on Muslim situation correct? They are killing each other?

Where is the down side here?

Answer 5

If we send troops there will the Hollywood crowd enlist to go free these people or will they blame Bush for any multitude of mind numbing reasons?

Answer 6

that's how it is. if the place that things like that are happening in doesn't have something we want like resources, then no one is going to help them. people only care about things when it's affecting them. no one ever helps when things like that are going on in Africa.
and to the person above me....what has Bush done to help the people over there? we haven't sent any troops to keep the conflict down over there. we are not helping them establish a govt. hell we aren't even finding refuge for the women and children who have been raped and beaten.

Answer 7

The UN needs to take a stand, dammit.