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2006-10-07 Africa Horn

UN Shill -- Darfur: Support An African Solution

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Posted by .com 2006-10-07 11:16|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is the best available outcome and may even save tens of thousands of lives, especially if the Western countries now give the African Union force the money, fuel, night-flying helicopters and other resources it needs to do the job.

As far as I know there are no night-flying helicopters, only night flying pilots.

I actually didn't read the article. After she explained that it wasn't genocide I knew I didn't have to care anymore.

Posted by Super Hose 2006-10-07 12:53|| 2006-10-07 12:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Gwynne gets most of the history right but still gets the prescription wrong. Peace negotiations won't work because there's no peace to negotiate.

The southerners managed to get an agreement because, in the end, both sides had something they wanted -- oil money -- and no way to force the other to back off completely. The central government couldn't defeat the southerners militarily, and the southerners couldn't keep the central government from invading and killing lots of people. So they struck a deal (we'll see if it holds).

The people in Darfur have something the central government wants -- land, and maybe oil underneath -- but they don't have any way to keep Khartoum out. It's all one-sided right now, so Khartoum has absolutely no incentive to 'negotiate' a 'peace' agreement.

The AU troops are basically useless. Arming them better makes them better armed, useless troops. And we've already seen with Lebanon and Afghanistan that the Old Europe portion of NATO is feckless, cowardly and, well, useless. They can't be bothered to send troops to Kosovo let alone Darfur.

The solutions are two: 1) the people of Darfur surrender and get stomped or 2) the people of Darfur get some guns, training and moxie and defend themselves to the point that the Janjaweed backs off. Then Khartoum will have a reason to talk 'peace'.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-10-07 13:24|| 2006-10-07 13:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, SH. Gwynne Dyer is a guy. A left-wing tool, but a guy.

Posted by Pappy 2006-10-07 23:36|| 2006-10-07 23:36|| Front Page Top

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