Andrew Natsios the US Envoy to Darfur Gets It

I like the balanced narrative he provides:

Andrew Natsios told a news conference in Khartoum following a visit to Darfur that both sides were to blame for the conflict that has created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

… A May 2006 Darfur peace deal was signed by only one rebel faction. Since then rebels have split into a dozen groups. “Some of them are descending into warlordism and criminality and this is not a good trend in Darfur, which is all the more reason why we need to accelerate the political process for a peace agreement,” Natsios said.

“Some rebel leaders are cynically obstructing the peace process and the United States government is very disturbed by this. It needs to end now,” he continued.

I’ve said 2 things many times before and I’ll say them again:

1- Both sides need to be pressured, both.

2- This is not a “good Vs evil” kind of story. It’s “bad Vs worse”.