Posted on 09/10/2006 3:01:21 PM PDT by RWR8189
In 1995, the writing was on the wall. The conflict in Bosnia was escalating. Tens of thousands of civilians had been driven from their homes and were trapped in places the United Nations had designated as "safe areas," including Srebrenica. Only a few hundred poorly equipped U.N. peacekeepers stood between those civilians and Bosnian Serb forces. The Serbs had signaled their defiance of the United Nations, their disdain for diplomatic overtures and their determination to advance on the safe areas and finish the job of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. All the makings of a massacre were present, and, before the eyes of the world, that is what unfolded. Eight thousand Bosnian Muslims were systematically killed at Srebrenica, and history has judged severely those policymakers who failed to heed the warning signs of mass murder.
As advocates of military action in Bosnia, we will never forget those terrible days. We remember that when the United States and its allies did finally act, military intervention saved countless lives. And all of us pledged anew that, should such a situation again unfold, we would do things very differently.
Today, the Darfur region of Sudan faces its own Srebrenica moment.
The scale of human destruction thus far in Sudan has been staggering. Already, more than 200,000 civilians have been killed, with perhaps 2.5 million forced into squalid camps. This catastrophe is the result of a directed slaughter perpetrated by the Sudanese government and allied Janjaweed militias.
Faced with its moral responsibility to act, the U.N. Security Council has adopted a resolution that would replace a courageous but inadequate African Union force with a much larger U.N. force empowered
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No Republican president will order mostly-white US troops into a situation where they will be filmed shooting down blacks
If absolutely no US interests are at stake, I'm quite sure the left will waste no time in screaming that we send all our soldiers and weapons there.
Darfur (Sudan) is a real-life example of how wonderful the world will be
when Islam rules.
It'll be nothing but first-class Muslims raping, exploiting,
torturing and murdering second-class Muslims.
Of course, this is not the message the media will show.
That would require simple honesty.
Just what the Bush Administration needs, another war for Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Dean and Sheehan to whine and moan about. This is the U.N.'s job. Let them do it.
It is in the interest of the U.S. that people are free from tyranny and oppression whenever we can, especially in muslim nations.
McCain and Dole are right on. But while I'm at it, I'd like to thank Sen. Brownback for his work on this issue. He's been fighting for action since day 1.
What about Bush I and Somalia?----Mark
Can you describe for me a conflict in which people somewhere on planet Earth were oppressed, but committment by US troops of combat troops would be INappropriate?
This work of an Islamic regieme in Sudan has been going on for a long time.
I wonder if their decision to kick out the "peacekeepers" by September 30th and launch an attack is just another move to gin up trouble and run interference for the nuke makers in Iran.
This could be a way to tie up the UN Security Council and delay action against Iran.
And it also will "galvanize muslims against us" and create more terrorists.
(Insert your Dimm talking point here).
Yawn. Who cares about Darfur? Not our problem...
It would be inappropriate if we do not have the realistic power to solve the situation without unacceptable reprecussions.
Example: In the current environment, we could do little about a genocide in Russia. They are too large, too populous, and have nuclear weapons.
Sudan is a perfect example of the kinds of places we can help, and I believe that the US, having the greatest power, have the greatest responsibility, to help.
I see that you and I in fact agree COMPLETELY.
If you don't think we can stop mass genocide in a podunk, underarmed and untrained country like Sudan, you are out of your gord. It wouldn't be particularly hard.
I'm guessing you opposed Kosovo. Well, I had my doubts then too, but I have a friend in grad school who just spent the summer there. They have American flags flying all around the country and absolutley love-love-love Americans. It seems to me that, whatever problems remain, our action there was worthwhile and, it is in our own best interest to have this sort of adoration, especially in a majority muslim country.
It seems there are a bunch of quasi-Buchannanites that agree with your statement.
I find it kind of sad.
KOSOVO IS NOT A COUNTRY.
With any luck, it will be.
But forget that anyway, it's irrelevant to the point, and you know it.
Maybe the worst people in the world. A band of blood-thirsty, dictator-loving THIEVES.
Oh, but they like us...!Clean out your headgear, for crying out loud! Hey, if Elliott Ness called in airstrikes on Al Capone's competitors all the live-long day, you know what?
He might just have LIKED the feds, too..!
CLEAN OUT YOUR HEADGEAR.
I see your last response was not relevant to the discussion in any way.
Thank you for conceding the arguement. I look forward to another exchange with you on another day.
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