Darfur peace, when US Zoellick lost patience -- Promise to Dispatch US Troops to Sudan

Sudan Tribune ^ | 5-15-06

[tallhappy]

"I’m disappointed in you. I expect people to keep their word," Zoellick icily told Minnawi, according to observers. "I can be a very good friend, but I am a fearsome enemy."

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To win support, Zoellick gave each rebel leader — and Lt. Gen Omar Hassan Bashir, Sudan’s president — an individually tailored letter from President Bush. The letter from Bush to Bashir held out the prospect of improved bilateral relations if peace was achieved in Sudan. Zoellick also gave Minnawi a private letter promising that U.S. troops would be dispatched to count the number of rebel soldiers as part of a plan to fold the rebels into the Sudanese army and police forces.

[tallhappy]

This is actually from the Wash ComPost of 5-10-06, so it is excerpted.

More examples of Zoellick's idiocy. He needs to be fired.

And, it seems a rather big story that the US has now promised to send troops to Sudan.

[robowombat]

This city is so full of people who are so full of themselves. Let them get their massive egos engaged in some intramural murder match in some crap country and they love to call on the US military to show how big and important they are. Send this turd to count fuzzy wuzzies.

[lonestar67]

I think this is fantastic news.

It is more great leadership from President Bush.

Thanks for sharing it.

[tallhappy]

You're welcome.

I'm not sure that simply solidifying the status quo is the best approach.