Posted on 02/28/2007 7:23:10 AM PST by Fawn
BAHAI, Chad -- Here, at this refugee camp on the border of Sudan, nothing separates us from Darfur but a small stretch of desert and a line on a map. All the same, it's a line I can't cross. As a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, I have traveled into Darfur before, and I had hoped to return. But the UNHCR has told me that this camp, Oure Cassoni, is as close as I can get.
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Until the killers and their sponsors are prosecuted and punished, violence will continue on a massive scale. Ending it may well require military action..
There has been a groundswell of public support for action. People may disagree on how to intervene -- airstrikes, sending troops, sanctions, divestment -- but we all should agree that the slaughter must be stopped and the perpetrators brought to justice.
It has become clear to me that there will be no enduring peace without justice. History shows that there will be another Darfur, another exodus, in a vicious cycle of bloodshed and retribution. But an international court finally exists. It will be as strong as the support we give it. This might be the moment we stop the cycle of violence and end our tolerance for crimes against humanity.
What the worst people in the world fear most is justice. That's what we should deliver.
I consider Iraq a humanitarian action.
What she has said has to apply to all.....not some. Or she is a hypocrit.
Angelina the Hypocrite? You have no idea!
You want justice? Get a gun!
Exactly. What's the difference between genocide in Darfur and Saddam killing up to a million of his own people? What hypocrisy from the left.
Gentlemen,
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Thank you. I will be sitting at my desk for a few minutes if anyone needs me!
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