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Four reasons why there is little coverage/help on darfur:
The ones being killed are poor.
They are not Christian.
They are not white.
U2 needs them that way to keep their careers alive.
For those who state that our disinterest in Sudan is due to a lack of oil: a brief amount of research will show you that Sudan actually posesses fairly significant oil resources with 1.6 billion barrels of reserves. This may not seem like much compared to places like Saudi Arabia or Irag, but it’s still a significant amount. Also, most of these reserves lie in the southern portion of the country, where a civil war has raged almost continually since the countries independence in 1956, thus oil exploration has been greatly limited. Some believe that the actual reserves may be far greater than what has already been discovered.
It is also true that U.S oil companies are barred from operating in Sudan by the current Islamic administration (which also happens to be supporting the genocide in Darfur). It would probably be beneficial to the U.S if the Islamic government were overthrown and the largely Christian (and presumably pro-West) southeners gained power.
It should also be noted that Sudan’s largest rebel armies were largely trained by the U.S and it’s African allies.
Another thing to consider is that a large peacekeeping force provided by the African Union is already in place in Darfur, although they have largely faied to keep any kind of peace.
Also “Most Western powers decrying the “ethnic cleansing and humanitarian crisis in Darfur” have contributed with very little funds, except the US, which is by far the largest donor.”
I have no idea what should be done in Darfur, but people should at least be informed before decrying the U.S for lack of action.
Another brief point to consider:
A good portion of the Islamic world hates us already. How would they react if we were to intervene in Sudan and we occupied another Islamic country?
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1.6 billion barrels of oil is 80 days worth of consumption by the USA. Iraq has 115 billion barrels of oil in reserves.
How can the current administration say the Iraqi people need to be free but barely touch Rwanda and Darfur? Is the current administration’s policies on helping other nations making the USA look like a greedy nation with a selective agenda? Possibly. The USA should restrain itself a bit more before helping other nations.
#40
Oil production…
Iraq: 2,093,000 barrels/day
Sudan: 401,300 barrels/day
Nah, it ain’t worth it.
Here’s an interesting page with with some graphs for the oil production in 42 countries.
#41 – nice info-porn there – but there is one thing I noticed – all the graphs decline in/around the year 2020+
This doesnt bode will for the small gas engine
Great post #6. I wish Bush would have talked to you prior to going to Iraq.
Why should America do something? because you’re the “leaders of the free world.” Start acting like it.
#33 Reposting due to slowness in approving my posts…
Hey, it’s Sunday, doubtless the entire DU crew was in church.
IMAGINE THAT!
A bunch of nasty savages in AFRICA killing each other.
Wow, I’ll be that’s never happened before.
So, uh, exactly why is this newsworthy?
Bunch of hypocrites.
Blame US for what it tries to do and Blame US for not doing. Only half-bake ignoramus who has never traveled overseas to blame simply Rwanda and Darfur on US.
The situations are too complicated to settle, even UN’s Annan and everyone else couldn’t solve it.
Losers always blame the US like it is another person down the road. Government operation is far more complex than a single human being.
US should not be held accountable for anything it doesn’t do.
Once in a while, blame the French or Canadians.
Hey! Canadians are at least doing something about it.
I don’t care about Darfur.
Famine / War…Famine / War etc. Africa is hopeless.
The US wouldn’t have this problem of ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ if its policy for freeing people from evil leaders was a bit more consistent. Bush starts a war in Iraq because the leader might have WMDs, commits acts of genocide and other crimes against humanity. What makes Iraq any different than Sudan, Rwanda and other places where evil leaders are doing evil acts against their people?
The US should only help other countries in ways that can be applied consistently. Otherwise, the US should stay out of other countries business.
Hey, the UN passed a resolution or something didn’t they? What more can we do? The US can’t send troops or Cindy Sheehan will protest.