[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Darfur

[C. G. Estabrook]

I don't understand, Mort.  Should we not promote the sending of troops 
to Darfur, or can the exactions taking place be alleviated by some 
military presence?


Morton K. Brussel wrote:
 > 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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