Darfur Tribal Leaders Join the List of Opposers To UN Troops

Posted on June 10, 2006
Filed Under General Thoughts |

Darfur tribal leaders have now joined the list of those opposed to UN troops. One tribal elder even clearly indicated that nobody wants non-African troops on ground. I don’t blame the tribal elders for their views as many of them were alive during the time of colonialism.

This recent tribal opposition is a very strong and important development that everyone tracking the Darfur situation must be aware of and consider heavily. Previously all the talk of sending UN troops to intervene was circled around the fact that the Darfuri victims needed (and still do need) help. Now however numerous leaders of tribes whom many are victims in this conflict have declared their opposition to UN troops’ presence. I’m going to repeat what I’ve stated on this blog numerous times before. The UN and NATO should focus their time and efforts on reinforcing the current AU forces on ground. Sending in UN troops will turn Darfur into another Iraq. Most importantly though, people with “interventionist” ideas MUST stop and realize that they can’t help someone who doesn’t want to be helped. Yes indeed, you cannot help someone who does not want to be helped.

The Sudanese government’s opposition to UN troops has mellowed down recently, but there is no sign they might give the green light to allow them in. The problem now is that even if the government agrees, the tribal elders will also have to be convinced to change their minds. I don’t think that will be an easy task.

What’s more troubling is that extremist and retarded Zawahri has released a tape calling all Islamic militants to fight any UN troops’ presence in Darfur and as such reinforced what filthy Bin Laden has called for previously. Therefore even if the tribal elders, the Sudanese government and every Sudanese involved all change their position of opposition to UN troops in Darfur, we can definitely forget about convincing Al-Qaeda members and supporters in changing their minds. Moreover if the Sudanese government approves UN troops, they will automatically label themselves as “traitors to Islam” and slowly but surely extremist Islamic militants will creep into Darfur. This is getting more complex by the day.

“Every side is sure that the other side is out to get them.” - Raccoon

PS: To all those who base their “interventionist” ideas on a macro-analysis of the Darfur situation, please zip your mouths.

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