Posted on 01/25/2017 4:23:16 AM PST by Kaslin
With its dying breath, the Obama administration delivered a parting shot to Donald Trump and decided to provisionally lift economic sanctions against Sudan after almost 20 years, citing “progress” in areas of human rights, ceasing hostile activities against the population, and counterterrorism. Besides having zero correlation with events on the ground in Sudan, this outlook belies a troubling reality: by normalizing bilateral relations, Obama is threatening national security by giving free rein to terrorist groups.
The government of Sudan has a long history of supporting terrorists. Sanctions were first imposed by President Bill Clinton in 1997 on suspicions that Sudan had a hand in terrorism throughout the region. The regime of Omar al-Bashir hosted and supported a number of Islamic terrorist groups, including Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network, as well as extremists backed by Iran. Further sanctions were instituted in 2003, when Bashir responded to a rebellion in Darfur by slaughtering tens of thousands of civilians. Bashir was also charged with genocide by the International Criminal Court -- but has refused to accept the verdict and has managed to elude justice ever since the arrest warrant was issued
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I don't think it was Obola.
My guess is that for this, Ubama got an “expectation” in return. Charles Dickens.
Obama didn’t get played. He never met an Islamist he didn’t coddle. He would have coddled Bin Laden had he thought he could get away with it. And without a body, who knows where OBL really is.
Isn’t there TWO Sudans....North and South, South Sudan being our friend, I believe.
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