[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Darfur

[C. G. Estabrook]

As the US openly attacks Somalia with a proxy and even its own airpower, 
thinking about what should be done about the enormities in Darfur must 
take into account US policy in the region (and the motives of the "Save 
Darfur" movement).  Is the US using "genocide" in Darfur as it used 
"genocide" (and the following war) in Kosovo, to promote its imperial 
policy?  The result of Clinton's cynical "humanitarian intervention" in 
1999 was to make matters worse.

"Military intervention won't stop the killing. Those who are clamouring 
for troops to fight their way into Darfur are suffering from a salvation 
delusion. It's a simple reality that UN troops can't stop an ongoing war 
... Moreover, the idea of Bush and Blair acting as global moral arbiters 
doesn't travel well. The crisis in Darfur is political ... is a civil 
war, and like all wars it needs a political settlement." - Alex de Waal

http://peacejournalism.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=13026


Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> I think this is a useful memorandum from Al Kagan. --mkb
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>> *From: *Alfred Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu <mailto:akagan at uiuc.edu>> 
>> *Date: *January 11, 2007 8:58:49 AM CST *To: *"Morton K. Brussel" 
>> <brussel4 at insightbb.com <mailto:brussel4 at insightbb.com>> *Subject: 
>> **Darfur*
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