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2003-11-28 Africa: East

Amnesty sez Sudanâs largely to blame for troubles in Darfur province

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Posted by Dan Darling 2003-11-28 2:06:48 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And where's the outrage? I'm really fed up with our media 's double standards.
Every day, we've got detailed review of the tiniest iraqi events, because everybody is waiting for the stupid americans to fail as we predicted, and because it involves the new pet cause of the chattering class (muslims, seen as the new global underdogs). All this while whole part of the world are more or less a living hell, but still not worth of our mediacracy's attention (think of DRC/Rwanda, with 3-4 millions deads since 1993, 9 countries involved, for example).
In Sudan, of course, the victims are black, and christian/animist, and the perps are not the "right" kind of racist imperialists.
Tell me... is this just ideological bias, or does anyone believes the financial weight of the petromonarchies is also to be taken into account, just like at the UN?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-28 7:29:48 AM|| 2003-11-28 7:29:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Methinks your rant sums up one of the fatal flaws of established "news" outlets and the very selective self-righteous "rights" groups quite admirably. And that be why we be here - to dig and discover and get beyond their agendas and biases. You're on-target. Keep it up!

Of course the perps had better beware - else they might find themselves warned by the UN! Swift as eagles and tough as doves they *swoop* down upon those who do evil. Terrifying them with resolutions and press trash talking - and in extreme cases messing up their hair. Thrilling to see! Your UN contributions in action! Vindication!
;-)

Posted by .com 2003-11-28 7:50:05 AM|| 2003-11-28 7:50:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 anon says, "Tell me... is this just ideological bias, or does anyone believes the financial weight of the petromonarchies is also to be taken into account, just like at the UN?"

We can also blame the Org of African States whose policy is basically pro tyranny. We can also blame the left wing Christian church organizations whose policy is basically anti-American. We can also blame the various Civil Rights groups whose policy is to do nothing that might offend Jesse Jackson.

Posted by mhw 2003-11-28 9:24:36 AM|| 2003-11-28 9:24:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 This situation is not new in Darfur. (See Africa's Thirty Years' War: Chad, Libya and the Sudan, 1963-1993) Nevertheless, recent developments are bloodier inside Sudan than they have been for more than a decade.

Posted by Tancred 2003-11-28 11:27:03 AM|| 2003-11-28 11:27:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it would be real time to remind Jesse Jackson that he is a black and that he is supposed to care when blacks are being abused by people of lighter color.

Posted by JFM 2003-11-28 1:31:31 PM|| 2003-11-28 1:31:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 But JFM, Jesse can't make any MONEY defending these people. His whole purpose in life is to see how many rich Americans he can shake down, make feel guilty, and give him money - which he feels perfectly ok about spending any da$$$$ way he pleases.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-28 3:37:27 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-28 3:37:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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