Hey man, you and I were talking about the Sudan in post #34. Now you tried to change the subject to the UAE in the middle of a discussion. You can't do that...lol. Get your act togther dude and debate correctly...lol.
I can, and I WILL, I say! =)
LOL!
Back to Sudan...
Much like all foreign relations, the situation in Sudan can be described in terms of behavioral psychology. Positive attention (trade, in this case), can be seen as a type of reward. Reward only encourages current (bad) behavior.
The only way for us to positively effect the situation would be to either remove the positive reward (trade & aid), or to punish the bad behavior (military intervention, diplomatic isolation, or economic sanctions).
Typically, reward works better than punishment for encouraging positive behaviors. Sociopathic behaviors (genocide, FRinstance) however, require a psychic shift on the part of an individual or society to extinguish. The only way to affect that type of change is through contrition and retribution.
Internal contrition normally only comes after punishment (negative reward), and understanding the cause for being punished. Then genuine retribution can be made, and wrongs mended.