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2011-06-16 Africa Horn

Troops from Sudan's north, south clash in Abyei

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Posted by Fred 2011-06-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Sudan

#1 That idiot Bashir.

Posted by newc 2011-06-16 00:56|| 2011-06-16 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't want to sound too liberal however, when something as inhumane as the Sudanese situation goes on as long as it has without any apparent collective angst in the media, mainstream or otherwise, you have to wonder if it is because of the ethnicity of the combatants. To me it smacks of collective racism for the UN, NATO, and the collective talking heads of the media to not be foaming at the mouth and chewing on their Armani ties.

When is someone going to pay attention, I mean REAL attention to the vast crimes that are going on everyday in Africa. Nigeria, the Congo, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Somolia, Rwanda and Zimbabwe go on everyday with mass murder, rape and torture.
Is it because the perps are black and heaven forbid we are not supposed to say anything negative about black leaders?
Or worse, is it because the liberal ninnies in the foreign ministries of Europe cut these countries loose from their colonial ties without proper preparation?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-06-16 10:29|| 2011-06-16 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Two problems: One is the enormous difficulties in logistics to support an effective force over the vast territories. I don't think anybody can do it.
Second, to do it would require mostly white troops--American with a few other Anglosphere guys--to kill huge, enormous numbers of black guys. Since in many cases, the weapon of choice is the bush knife, machete, panga, anybody doing ag work is a suspect. But there's no capacity for arresting them, detaining them, and investigating them. So either they're shot on sight or let go and nobody knows what they'll be up to later on.
In addition, in the west, the most obvious victim is the good guy. But in the real world, the victims are just one side of buttheads who got caught. They'll catch the other side tomorrow.
No good guys. The innocent victims are, in between being victimized, rooting for victimizing the other guys.
It would require an enormous logistical effort and a huge amount of killing--those guys won't stop because the UN says so, they like that stuff--to end this. Then permanent occupation with more killing as necessary.
And, of course, the world will be condemning us as racist, imperialist murderers.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2011-06-16 18:06|| 2011-06-16 18:06|| Front Page Top

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