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2006-05-11 Africa Horn

UN under pressure by US to get troops into war torn Darfur Region

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 But, but there's tea on Friday

Posted by Captain America 2006-05-11 01:00|| 2006-05-11 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Super "W" wants to fly in there with his bright red cape and save the blacks...he should save his men for Iran and the Red Dragon; down the road!! Let Kofi and the AU handle the mess of Sudan!

Posted by smn 2006-05-11 04:19|| 2006-05-11 04:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes indeed. It's an African thing, we in the west wouldn't understand.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-11 04:49|| 2006-05-11 04:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd be willing to bet if the UN could be convinced that sending "peacekeepers" (I prefer the term kiddie diddlers) to Dafur runs counter to US or Israeli interests, they would be there tomorrow.

Posted by JerseyMike 2006-05-11 08:04|| 2006-05-11 08:04|| Front Page Top

#5 I kind of concur w/smn. We need to keep our focus & finish the job in Iraq, monitor Afghanistan, and prepare/train for Iran. I have no issue w/our statesmen diplomatically pressuring the UN to do something about Darfur but I've no desire to got there and try to physically un-fuck that place.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-05-11 09:55|| 2006-05-11 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 no desire to got there and try to physically un-fuck that place.

I hate to be so cynical, but I'm not sure that is even possible at this stage of the game with the governments that are in place. It is going to take more than strong resolutions from the UN. Hell, the UN can't even agree that genocide is taking place.

Of course, there is a bright side: the poor Africans are not being brutalized by their evil European colonial opressors.

Posted by SteveS 2006-05-11 23:15|| 2006-05-11 23:15|| Front Page Top

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