[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Darfur

[Morton K. Brussel]

Yes, Carl, I think we should be highly suspicious of any U.S.  
initiative on Darfur, especially so in view of the recent Somalia  
business. However, Al Kagan is not promoting the sending troops to  
"fight their way into Darfur", nor is he advocating that Bush and  
Blair be arbiters of those conflicts. Moreover, I'm not sure that the  
exactions taking place in Darfur cannnot be alleviated/eliminated by  
some military presence.

In short, Al's contribution may not be complete, but I thought it  
informative and useful.

Mort


On Jan 11, 2007, at 12:37 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> 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
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> *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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>>> Al Kagan African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library  
>>> Administration University of Illinois Library 1408 W. Gregory Drive
>>>  Urbana, IL 61801
>>> tel. 217-333-6519 fax 217-333-2214 akagan at uiuc.edu  
>>> <mailto:akagan at uiuc.edu>
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