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Africa Horn
Bush sends food aid to Darfur
2006-05-09
US President George W Bush has urged Sudan to allow UN peacekeepers into Darfur, and says he is shipping emergency food to the country. Mr Bush has called Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who he has previously accused of aiding genocide in Darfur, to press him to allow UN and NATO troops to take over from an African peacekeeping mission in double the numbers.
Which has precisely what to do with the accusation of genocide?
After mixed messages from his government on the mission, President Bashir told President Bush he would consider the request seriously. But he has not committed to permitting up to 14,000 troops to enter the area.
A military force of even minimal competence is the last thing he wants.
Mr Bush's move comes after the Government and rebels reached a US-brokered peace accord.
The government and some of the rebels, not all of them.
It also follows huge rallies this month in the US, urging pressure on Sudan to end the violence.
I'm sure that as soon as Bush saw George Clooney was on the case he hopped right on it...
The Bush administration originally requested $A390 million in humanitarian assistance for Darfur in its budget. Then it added $A292 million in a supplemental bill, which is snarled in Congress as senators try to add spending to it that Mr Bush considers unnecessary. Mr Bush has urged lawmakers to give the bill swift passage to provide relief for Darfur, where three years of fighting have killed tens of thousands of people and forced 2 million from their homes.
Posted by:Fred

#5  lol perfesser....
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-05-09 10:51  

#4  I wonder how many of the aid delivery people are going to look like OldSpook when he only had half as many medals? ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-05-09 10:22  

#3  In other news, we threw a canteloupe melon into our compost heap. The difference is, the canteloupe has a chance of being productive.
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-05-09 10:17  

#2  1. what does it have to do with genocide - the way to stop more genocide is to put the UN troops on the gound, Fred. What does the food aid have to do with it? well it would be silly to go to a lot of trouble to stop these people being murdered, and then let them starve before they can return to their villages.

2.Bashir's already caved. With an agreement signed it will be even harder for the Chinese to veto anything. No Bashir didnt want it, but he faced reality.

3. Some of the rebels. Enough so we can go to the UNSC and say, here, the deals done, now cough up the troops. It doesnt really matter if the Judean Peoples Liberation Front is still holding out for more jobs.

4.Clooney? No. But the entire coalition, maybe. Recall the coalition to save Darfur included evangelicals, part of Bush's base. It wasnt all peacenik-lefties. Or even mainly peacenik lefties. (the DC rally resembled a Jewish youth group convention, leavened by blacks, a few lefties, a very few white evangelicals, and some Falun Gong folks)
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2006-05-09 09:57  

#1  I'm sure this is the remains of all that aid and assistance the Katrina people refused! Albeit FEMA getting ready to slam the door anyway!
Posted by: smn   2006-05-09 02:19  

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