UN Troops Are Inevitable

Posted on May 24, 2006
Filed Under General Thoughts |

Even though I don’t think sending the troops would be a wise idea I do now somehow realize it is inevitable. Pressue continues to be applied on the Sudanese government. Recently Blair met with Konare, Chair of the African Union to further discuss backing up the AU forces with NATO.

The EU and NATO, through airlift co-ordination and training, have made a
valuable support contribution to the AU mission. We stand ready to do
more.

However all those measures are meant to provide the “groundworks” for the arrival of the UN troops after two months.

Darfur needs UN peacekeeping force within two months, official says

When officials start using this kind of language it means there has to be something being cooked. A “2 month” time estimation indicates that steps are already being taken to deploy the UN troops even though permission hasn’t been obtained from the Sudanese government. Condi Rice herself also recently mentioned that the time has come for UN troops to be deployed (Arabic link). Therefore from the tone of these officials, I now realize that the arrival of the UN troops in Darfur is inevitable. What’s worse is that the Sudanese government has issued another refusal to Ibrahimi (Arabic link) who was sent by Kofi Anan recently to discuss the enterance of UN troops.

Folks I’m getting a little nervous here. I have no more comments.

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