Now that the AU has announced it will remain in Darfur until the end of the year, our beloved democratically elected corrupted dictator Bashir jumps in and decides to send in Sudanese troops to work along the AU ones in Darfur to bring security. I don’t know what the hell that means but picture this. I turn my room into a disasterous mess, because you know, I like messing up stuff since it’s fun. Suddenly my mom screams at me and she starts trying to clean up my own mess. I get a headache from her constant pressuring and I also start feeling a little guitly. “Wala”. Magically I change my mind and decide to help around to clean the mess I created in the first place before my mom blows up at me.
Sudan will deploy new integrated forces in Darfur to work alongside African Union peacekeepers in providing security in the region, President Omar al-Beshir said late Sunday.
The integrated units of “the army, police and security forces will be responsible for keeping peace and stability in Darfur region,” said Beshir.
These units will operate in the presence of the African Union forces to which he said his government “will not accept any substitute,” reiterating his opposition to a proposed transition to a UN force.
“We continue supporting the African forces and the UN can support those forces logistically and materially,” said Beshir, slamming the UN force as “an American-engineered conspiracy to turn the Sudan into another Iraq.”
Oh yes, indeed Darfur will become another Iraq if UN troops move in. Stay away retards, you’ll make the mess Bashir created worse. Only wait, the mess he created isn’t that disasterous you know. I mean hey, it’s just a slight problem that has been exagerated and blown out of proportions by the evil Zionist piggy apes Jewish Western Crusader organizations around the world that control the media right?
The Sudanese president disputed allegations that the situation in the region was worsening, and challenged reported casualty figures for the conflict.
“Those parties which allege 300,000 people were killed in the conflict, are lying and I defy anyone to prove that figure. The number of the dead all through the conflict has not exceeded 10,000 on both government and rebel sides,” Beshir asserted.
“I defy anyone to show me a single village that has been bombarded as those parties claim,” he said, adding that those allegations “are intended to find justifications” for deployment of UN forces in Darfur.
You know it’s funny really. Most of the time news about Sudan just depress the hell out of me but at other times they’re so entertaining. Don’t you all just love Omar al-Bashir?
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It’s not surprising considering that the African Union wanted to make the Sudanes President their general-secretary, as a commentator writes on our blog.
The comment was to my post about sending NATO. I was quoting Peter Beinart’s views about what to do in Darfur.
You have been in favor of AU troops rather than UN. I also would like the AU doing the job, but I doubt they care enough.
Joerg, you might be right but if pressured and tempted with “carots”, the AU will end up doing a good enough job. UN troops entering without consent of the Sudanese government means war and that sure ought to make things “alot more humanitarian”. Period. Also the question comes up about who will seize power if Bashir’s government is toppled. If it’s Turabi, then believe me I would rather have Bashir instead for a hundred years. Turabi will turn Sudan into another Taliban and he sure won’t even come close to establishing a secular democracy.
There’s too much at stake if UN troops step in without consent. Going in without consent is absolute garbage and I hate the fact Bush thinks it’s okay and no big deal. Like Alex de Waal said. Politics is paramount. Without a good agreement there will never be long term peace in Darfur. Plus, I can honestly tell you that Bashir won’t accept no UN troops even if big carrots were offered. I highly highly doubt it. I can elaborate on that if you want me to. I’ve been observing the “ping pong” diplomacy and the NCP side of it closely. They’re paranoid as hell.
To tell you the truth Joerg, I’m touched by the fact that so many people care about Darfur but I’m a real annoyed as to how “they” want to think whatever the hell what “they” want to think about without even listening or paying attention to the real situation.
I’m not going to lie to you too. In a way I would love to see the UN go in and see havock being wrecked on the current dictatorship. This is the perfect time to get rid of them but I fear with the current psychodynamics of the region (Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan etc) Sudan will turn into another Iraq. Maybe a war is necessary but is it worth it? Will it be easy restoring democracy back to Sudan? I don’t know but the thought of it makes me nervous. I say stick with strengthening the AU and pressure them to do the job. At least for now… Oh well…
Joerg, why don’t you email me? I would love to continue this with you via email.
Drima,
When you say, “Going in without consent is absolute garbage and I hate the fact Bush thinks it’s okay and no big deal,” you have to realize that Bush is under tremedous pressure here to DO SOMETHING. We in the West have a collective guilty conscience over what happened in Rwanda and this is the sort of pressure Bush is under. Just today, I saw a stern tv commercial that said, “Tell President Bush to stop the genocide in Darfur.”
Eager to hear your thoughts, Drima. We need all perspectives.
Bec, I’m aware the man is under intense pressure (I didn’t know that intense though so thanx for that piece of info).
I would love to see pressure being put on the AU to do the job. Rather than waiting for Sudanese consent, I say we all pressure the AU to do the job instead and support them logistically and financially.
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