Arabs Finance & AU to Increase Troops

Posted on September 27, 2006
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The AU is going to increase its troops in Darfur by another 4,000. Now that’s a good development.

The African Union will add 4,000 troops to its extended Darfur peacekeeping mission, bringing the number of police and soldiers in western Sudan to 11,000, a spokesman for the AU said on Monday.

It also seems like the Arab League has kept its word. AMAZING! I give them credit for this one.

The United Nations has readied communications and other equipment and 100 personnel to help AU forces in the coming months.

Qatar’s U.N. ambassador, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser, said some $50 million had been raised for the force among Arab nations, who aimed at raising $100 million.

I have a question. Why the hell wasn’t this done a long time ago? Why do we have to wait for Sudanese consent and for the UN to do something. As the Security Council eats cheesecake, drinks coffee and argues, people keep dying in Darfur. Now I’m not saying to stop doing what the UN is doing. Do it but please for the Lord’s sake, do other important things simultaneously.

Strengthen the AU troops financially and support them logistically. Encourage it and the Arab League to provide more troops. Discuss with the NCP changing the AU’s mandate. Offer carrots and pressure the NCP to get back to the table with all relevant parties and tribes in Darfur because it’s highly important. Stop refering to this conflict as evil Arabs waging genocide against innocent Africans. It’s naive and it’s inaccurate. It makes it seem so simple to solve and it overshadows the complexities of the situation. You cannot solve a problem unless you understand it. Therefore, understand it well. Do all of this simultaneously while checking the possibilities of UN troops.

Ah, the UN troops. What makes them better than the AU anyways? They’re a real joke in Lebanon. Plus, if they move into Darfur without Sudanese consent, the region will turn into a warzone (apparently Bush thinks the consent isn’t required). When that happens will the UN troops have enough balls to actually fight properly and protect the civilians? Will they? And another thing. Who the hell will they fight against and ally with. Will they fight against the rebels or the Sudanese troops because the rebels aren’t angels you know. They’re responsible for many sick crimes too. What’s the UN’s full war plan? I want to know because if it’s really good and it will provide the necessary protection for the hunreds of thousands of innocent people in Darfur, I might just change my mind. I emphasize “might”. Let the rebels and Sudanese military slaughter each other for all I care. Let’s not forget Al-Qaeda and Sudanese Islamist groups too okay. They ought to be a lot of fun for the UN troops. I hope they and the countries backing them will have enough balls.

You know people, seriously I’m not going to boast and say I know a lot about everything when I really don’t, not about Chinese politics, Israeli politics or even American politics. However when it comes to the situation in Sudan, especially Khartoum and Darfur, I can shamelessly tell you I know what I’m talking about very well. I’m not willing to risk the lives of so many people when there are alternatives to solving this problem in more peacefull ways. Please think about what I said and tell me what you think.

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2 Responses to “Arabs Finance & AU to Increase Troops”

  1. Bec on September 27th, 2006 5:15 pm

    Drima -
    I hope you’re right! I know this is more what you have been hoping for and I’m encouraged, too, that it seems to be moving in the right direction.

    I have a question. Why the hell wasn’t this done a long time ago?
    Maybe it was the threat of the UN coming in that finally did it. See? They’re good for something! ;)

    Stop refering to this conflict as evil Arabs waging genocide against innocent Africans. I haven’t been aware that it’s been represented this way. Of course we hear a lot about the evil Janjaweed, but we’ve also heard through our State Department and news media that there are many ancient tribal political and resources complications. These things are terribly hard to solve and it’s best done by the participants - if possible. I sure hope it is.

    By the way, here is the organization behind the TV comercial I’ve been seeing on CNN at least four times a day! savedarfur.org
    It has a very unflattering black and white photo of Bush - the message being that he doesn’t care.

    We also hear stuff like this and this.

    You may suspect Bush’s motives and perhaps you’re right. But to most of the world, he seems to have been dragging his feet on this. I certainly understand why you would be worried, though, believe me!

  2. Bec on September 27th, 2006 5:17 pm

    Oops. Forgot to close my quote. Sorry!

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