In Love and War…

April 19th, 2007 By: Michael van der Galien | Tags:
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The Times reports that the Sudanese government probably uses military planes and helicopters disguised as UN aircraft to attack villages in Darfur.

As a result, Britain and America threatened to impose new sanctions.
Blair: “What is happening is unacceptable. It is appalling. The international community will not allow the scandal that is Darfur to continue.”

Bush: “The time for promises is over, President Bashir must act. If President Bashir does not meet his obligations, the United States will act.”

So far, 200,000 - two hundred thousand - civilians in Darfur have been killed (since 2003). It seems to me that “the time to act” had arrived quite a while ago already, but because this is Africa, and not the Middle East, the world watched what happens but does nothing. I wonder when the West will finally truly realize that Africa’s fate is closely connected to ours.

The West cannot just stand by and let thousands and thousands of civilians be killed. We have to realize that ‘we’ were able to stop this, but that ‘we’ decided to conveniently ignore it and that… yes, ‘we’ could have prevented quite some of those 200,000 deaths. The Sudanese government should be given an ultimatum: deal with this now, or we will go in and you will be removed from power and you will be held accountable.

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  1. Interested
    April 19th, 2007 at 18:05
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    I wonder when the West will finally truly realize that Africa’s fate is closely connected to ours.

    you are quite right.

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