Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Why Aren't We In The Sudan?
'Not on my watch' said Bush, about the Rwandan genocide. We've known for a long time that the Sudanese state is conducting genocide.
John Cole is amongst those raising the question.
Green Left Weekly is one of those proffering an explanation, including the somehow comic quote: "Nicholas Kristof pointed out on May 4 that US President George Bush had not publicly uttered the word 'Darfur' in the previous 113 days". Bush has been holding secret meetings with General Salah Abdallah Gosh, who many suspect directed the genocide.
Sen. Jon Corzine is trying to do something about it.
I can't answer my question. The UN Charter begins as follows:
"WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom..
..HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS.."
John Cole is amongst those raising the question.
Green Left Weekly is one of those proffering an explanation, including the somehow comic quote: "Nicholas Kristof pointed out on May 4 that US President George Bush had not publicly uttered the word 'Darfur' in the previous 113 days". Bush has been holding secret meetings with General Salah Abdallah Gosh, who many suspect directed the genocide.
Sen. Jon Corzine is trying to do something about it.
I can't answer my question. The UN Charter begins as follows:
"WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom..
..HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS.."
