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So... we've got a lot of military in Iraq, where we deposed a despot for no better reason (because WMD, conspiracy with Al Qaeda, etc., don't hold water, according to independent research) than our president thought it might be a good idea and he was excited about it because 'this is the guy who tried to assasinate my father!'. Granted, the guy wasn't good - he was downright evil, actually - and a lot of people weren't being treated well.
But as a result, our military is stretched to the limit when other things arise.... You know like FAR WORSE humanitarian situations than what Iraq faced? Too bad the Sudan doesn't have huge oil reserves. We might have been paying attention, or even accused them of harboring terrorists so we could bomb/invade/make them a colony....
From CNN:
"The Sudanese government has been accused of helping Arab militias carry out an ethnic cleansing campaign against black Africans in Darfur, a charge it denies. Humanitarian groups estimate that 15,000 to 30,000 civilians have died in Darfur and more than a million have been displaced since fighting broke out in February 2003."
From the Washington Post
"To ignore slaughter on this scale is to subscribe to an intolerably cramped view of Western interests, one that would drain foreign policy of its moral content, undermine its support among voters and damage the West's reputation in developing countries that already seek to paint high-minded Western rhetoric as hypocritical."
Colin Powell is there right now. But that's about it. That's about the extent of what we're doing. Ridiculous.
But as a result, our military is stretched to the limit when other things arise.... You know like FAR WORSE humanitarian situations than what Iraq faced? Too bad the Sudan doesn't have huge oil reserves. We might have been paying attention, or even accused them of harboring terrorists so we could bomb/invade/make them a colony....
From CNN:
"The Sudanese government has been accused of helping Arab militias carry out an ethnic cleansing campaign against black Africans in Darfur, a charge it denies. Humanitarian groups estimate that 15,000 to 30,000 civilians have died in Darfur and more than a million have been displaced since fighting broke out in February 2003."
From the Washington Post
"To ignore slaughter on this scale is to subscribe to an intolerably cramped view of Western interests, one that would drain foreign policy of its moral content, undermine its support among voters and damage the West's reputation in developing countries that already seek to paint high-minded Western rhetoric as hypocritical."
Colin Powell is there right now. But that's about it. That's about the extent of what we're doing. Ridiculous.
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