All three potential candidates for the presidency have been able to agree on one thing—accusing the Sudanese government of “atrocities against civilians in Darfur.” Senator Barack Obama, Senator Hillary Clinton, and Senator John McCain signed a statement by the Save Darfur Coalition that was showing the New York Times this week. The ad in the NTY recognizes the ongoing conflict in Sudan as”genocide” and calls for an end to the violence.
Yet the statement is currently merely symbolic, as none of the candidates are yet in the position to make a decision regarding any sort of intervention or aid. The purpose is arguably to pressure the Sudanese government of Omar Hassan el-Bashir to make a visible effort to end the conflict. Yet while much of the violence is generated and perpetuated by the government, mere pressure may make no difference at this point.
So who will take care of this violence? Mr. McCaine with his plan of staying in Iraq for the next 100 years may not have the resources with a perpetuated was to be probing in Africa. I think we can have some hope for Obama, who is hoping to end the disastrous war in Iraq and then put in some time to save Darfur. But the question is exactly why Iraq was put higher on the priority list than Sudan in the first place.
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I totally agree with what you're saying. It is interesting to note that they have labeled the atrocities in Sudan as genocide even though this level of violence has been active in Sudan for quite some time. It is also interesting to note that attention has been given to Sudan's problems, only now, at a time when oil has been recently discovered in the country. Hmm...
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