Darfur, Non political call to action?
468966
Right on! My school just devoted an entire day to raising money for the Darfur genocide. We sold shirts saying stop the genocide-Darfur on them and we raised $2000 and we are trying to raise awareness about the genocide by organizing a rally for the Darfur genocide. It cannot be stoped unless people know about it
382732
sudan: The Sudanese Government, using Arab "Janjaweed" militias, its air force, and organized starvation, is systematically killing the black Sudanese of Darfur.\n\n+\n\nOsama: In 1991, Osama Bin Laden moved to Sudan. His stated objective was to use his money, power and expertise in construction to help Sudan. He was attracted to Sudan because it claimed to be a purely Islamic state.\n\n=\n\ngenocide......
996238
i always that the wordl needed a war counrtry.  that way, we could just go there and fight and not wreck houses and stuff.....................  i suggested part of Africa as its big and theres a lot of suffering going on there........we could buy part of it and help out the people at the same time.
825439
I don't agree on any country turning their backs on another holocaust (that is what is happening in Darfur). As the most powerful nations we owe it to help these people get out of the suffering and torture. If we turn our heads away we are no different than those who torture because we see it and did nothing. We cannot afford to do nothing and say we are fighting for peace and stabilization in Iraq.
660517
Unfortunately, I haven't seen anything done by the elite powers in order to aid refugees from Sudan. I do know that instead of killing people in the Middle East, holding people in GUANTANAMO, or telling Iran what to do; the United Nations, the United States, and the other powerful nations should be focusing their attention on that dilemma. Hopefully, those people suffering the genocide will finally get somewhere safe and maybe obtain closure from their oppressive government.
578313
Realistically speaking the Sudanses Government is just as destructible as the Third Reich under Hitler. The treaty is a joke, it will do more harm then peace and the Sudan Government only created to help clean up their image. But it dose change a thing, the Sudan Government is a terrorist state even Osama himself called it home. The Sudan liberation Movement is vital because the Darfurians need someone to defend them. You can make the statement that they don't stand a chance against the Military force of Sudan, but these individuals are not mere terrorist rebels rather they are freedom fighters. America and other UN nations should get involved in the crisis. Sometimes you can send you message across better with Guns and Bombs then with ink and paper.
842413
Good question, I posed this question to David Cameron 2 days ago, I await a reply. I asked him what he would do about Sudan and Zimbabwe if he won the election. Email me if you want me to forward the response (if I get one lol) \n\nIn my personal opinion the failure of action is down to 2 factors.\n\n1. National Interest, which we dont have because Zimbabwe doesnt have anything that we would like to exploit.\n2. As a result of the disastrous African peacekeeping forces of the past Somalia in particular. \n\nOn the other hand we have another Rwanda on our hands right now in Sudan and yet again the world stands by and watches. Its a disgrace to humanity, and I am ashamed of our leaders.
745798
Even though I support the war I would have to say the answer to your question is no. There is strife in many locations in the world, but we appear to be very selective about where we take action. I do not think that it can be denied that if oil is concerned it plays a major factor. Because oil is vital to our national economy it becomes what is termed as a vital national interest. If our actions were purely altruistic then we would be taking action against genocide in Africa, but we are not. Anyone who believes that oil is not at least in part a factor is deluding themselves, but I for one have no problem with wars for oil. I drive a car, I like electricity and I use rubber and plastic products. At least wars for resources make sense where  as wars of ideology usually do not.
320431
A simple yes/no answer should really suffice. The answer is no. There are a number of clearly identifiable factors which render this osrt of action unachievable (whether desirable or not, which is not the question posed) in the US or anywhere else for that matter.\n\nThe biggest single factor is public disinterest. Organisers of any event that they feel passionate abotu will find it hard to understand that people, being intrinsically selfish, don't want to participate for numerous reasons inlcuding inconvenience, laziness and apathy, belief that the action is flawed or doomed to failure anyway etc.\n\nOther factors contributing to the "no" answer include information distribution (how do you communicate effectively) and dealing with counter-information from those who would not want such an event to take place.\n\nOrganisers of demonstrations and protests know these things, and therefore they ensure that there is a groundswell of support long before the event is announced. In the case of the fight by Bob Geldof and others against the G8 and their stance on African poverty, mobilising the media and getting them onside is also critical.\n\nNeither of these would apply for the given scenario.\n\nThanks for exercising my brain for 5 minutes.
790875
Except for the small detail of the army that's perpetrating that genocide, yes.  The problem is that malnourished people without weapons cannot overtake a governmental army.  It also doesn't help that the African Union is doing nothing to help the situation there.  They have 7,000 troops (who don't do anything) to patrol an area the size of France.
637807
1. When at least one side adopts a stance of non-violence, or a non-violent reformer emerges, such as Gandhi did for India.\n\n2. I agree with the above answerer - the USA must get the heck out of all Mid-Eastern affairs.  Israel has a decent economy and a great army.  let them support themselves.
875937
Sudan has paid off the French, the Chinese and the Russians.  That is three veto's against any sort of effective action.\n\nBesides if other countries really care about this they would get off their butts and do something instead of whining about how the US is not solving the problem for them.
367584
One reason that I think it was so small is because many, many people still don't know about what's going on in Darfur. But I do think the protest has been effective in opening up people's eyes to the cause since the rally was on every news channel last night and in all the papers today.\n\nAlso, even though the rally was smaller than a lot of the protests in D.C., the Washington Post said this is one of the most diverse protests in the city. It was beautiful to see such a mix of ethnicity's, political groups and religious groups standing united for a cause.\n\nEdit: I just noticed what you said about no celebrities or other high-profile leaders were there. Actually, Al Sharpton WAS there as well as George Clooney, Burak Obama, Kweisi Mfume and Minut Bol (the former NBA player from Sudan).
508042
The problems of Darfur are as tragic and complex. Despite the fact that a peace treaty has een signed effectivly bringing an end to the Sudanese civil war, local tensions in the region have seen horrific instances of rape and murder. Unfortunatly for the people of Darfur, this is happening at a time when the Bush administration is doing its best to undermine the position of the UN on every issue therefore are unlikely to commit heavily to any proposed solution offered by New York.
416147
You should do more research on the UN. They don't get any publicity when they are successful. They have prevented many civil wars since the 70's, such as Crete, Haiti, etc.
1072751
The problem is that the Sudan government has been basically responsible for the 1,000,000 deaths in Darfur. They haven't solved anything, except to kill non-Muslims and non-Arab Muslims.\n\nWe care because of that 1,000,000 dead. As a human being, you should also care. But, alas, most people in the world do not care how many other people die, as long as their own interests are not affected.\n\nWe just think everybody should care. We wish Kofi Anan and the UN would care, since this type of thing was the main reason the UN was created to act against.
1121789
When the U.N. doesn't put countries like Sudan on the Human Rights council, we might consider the U.N. a viable force in the world, but until they clean up their act, end the corruption that has been proven and admitted to by the U.N., it's kind of silly to expect us to help elevate an organization like the U.N. into a position of being able to dictate to us.\n\nBesides, it's supporters and most "World Government" supporters seem to be fairly good at alienating the West by calling them names.  Look at your own question.  Look at the attitude of the number 2 man in the U.N.\n\nKind of silly if you want support.  Seems you just want to insult people to make yourself look better.  Doesn't work well.\n\nTry a more enlightened debate.  I'll join.  Until then, it isn't worthy of being more than a talk show.\n\nOh, do you really expect a country to debase or avoid using their own assets in their own interest?  Wouldn't that be kind of silly?  Or do you mean that we should sacrifice our own self-interest to give YOU what YOU want?\n\nWhen you have done as much as we have to make our country great, when you have a Bill of Rights worthy of our respect, when you support Free Speech over political expediency, when you support the democratic ability of the people to choose their own government, then you'll have our support, and mine.\n\nAnd we see you sacrificing your self-interests, we'll consider doing the same.  Until then it's just begging and then bitterness when the country you are begging from doesn't give you a handout.  Earn it yourself.