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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
We should use all diplomatic efforts to stop the killing of civilians. But this is really a UN issue. This situation, however impossible to end, should be tended to by the UN and African Union. We need to stay out of direct involvement, principally because it is a no win situation that will need to be monitored perhaps forever. There are so many problems in the Sudan that can not be solved by anyone, like the fact the land there can't support enugh food to feed the people even under the best of times. This notion that China can solve the problem is illinformed. Any diplomatic attempt to put China in the middle of this mess is only to deflect attention from the issue itself and other western countries inablility or desire to get directly involved. Oil is the only resource that the Sudan has that is worth anything. But to think that the 3 warring sides will put down their weapons and sign a lasting accord if China pulls the plug is fools gold. These groups have signed so many treaties and cease fires over the years, pretty much none of them effective. The country has been at civil war for most of its years in existence and probably will for years to come. There is no real solution to the problem and though it is tragic, placing blame on the US or China is wrong.
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There is a simple truth here...the UN will not solve the problem for many reasons...most already detailed here. China COULD help a great deal but won't. The US is the ONLY force on this planet capable of ending the genocide...but it will take long-term involvement and will cost American lives. We SHOULD do it...it is the right thing to do! But what politician will support extensive US involvement? The American public has shown twice in the last 50 years that when there isn't an "easy, quick fix" there is no desire to "stay the course". Nobody wants to see young American men and women die, I know what it's like to be in a strange land with folks trying to kill you but frankly, we are the only "Super Power" left and with that power comes a responsibility not to sit on our hands while tens of thousands of innocent people are butchered...I've heard all the "it's not our problem" rhetoric...but these are our brothers and sisters being slaughtered and, yes...we are our brother's keeper!