Keith Harmon Snow was kind enough to post some comments on Darfur in this thread. You can read his latest press release on the Democratic Republic of Congo here and for more on all of it including the latest on Mark Thatcher go here.
Ramzy Baroud in Darfur’s War of Definitions lays the groundwork for anyone sincerely interested in understanding how Darfur escalated to this point. It’s truly frightening how the American people can be so quick to rush to war without bothering to investigate the cause and effect our past interventions played in the creation of these crises or taking the time to weigh the aftermath of such a step against alternative measures. All one has to do is look at a map to know that geopolitical concerns and oil resources have fueled interventions in the region by the U.S. gov’t and Israel over the years. But why do well-meaning Americans buy into the hype? Would Darfur be where it is today had it not been for this incitement? What good have our bombing campaigns done for the people of Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Iraq?
Bill Maher on Real Time this week asked frequent guest panelist Dana Rohrbacher why aren’t we rushing into Darfur when he should have been asking the self-appointed secretary of state to explain his past lobbying efforts for the Taliban.
Drop relief, not bombs.
Eight-year-old Ismail Jamal is looked after by his brother at a hospital in Fallujah, Iraq (news – web sites), Saturday Aug. 28, 2004 in this photo made available on Aug 29. Eight children were injured in U.S air raids and sporadic fighting between U.S. soldiers and insurgents in Fallujah.
(AP Photo/Abdul Kadir Sadi)