A petition to save the people of Darfur

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

DTS: Tutus' words are all well and good,but I fail to see what sanctions could be imposed that wouldn't increase an already impotent, failed diplomatic accord! What would China benefit from involvement in this situation? Forgive me, I'm not currently on top of this situation. Again,as Tutu pointed out, the UN has been ineffective in their efforts to date.

Timm,
In my post #13 I said that the UN has been ineffective previously.
As far as China, they have oil interests and it doesn't look to me like they'll jeopardize their energy sources.
I really don't see the USA doing much militarily as we're already spread very thin. Perhaps diplomatically with EU support.
I really don't know how this will all shake out, except that many will continue to die.
Cannon Shell raises some interesting points, and many that I agree with, especially on the problem of the region's ability to supply food for the populace, even in "good" times.
Like Somerfrost, I also wish that something effective could be done. At this point, I don't see what "it" is. Tragic is a word that comes to mind.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Timm,
In my post #13 I said that the UN has been ineffective previously.
As far as China, they have oil interests and it doesn't look to me like they'll jeopardize their energy sources.
I really don't see the USA doing much militarily as we're already spread very thin. Perhaps diplomatically with EU support.
I really don't know how this will all shake out, except that many will continue to die.
Cannon Shell raises some interesting points, and many that I agree with, especially on the problem of the region's ability to supply food for the populace, even in "good" times.
Like Somerfrost, I also wish that something effective could be done. At this point, I don't see what "it" is. Tragic is a word that comes to mind.

Though I am far from an expert on Sudanese affairs, I cant think of a way that we can really do anything that will change anything there. Hatred among the various tribes/sects/religions/etc. is not going to go away nor will our military scare anyone as we must play by the rules and the bad guys know this. The fact that some of the principals are getting rich and supplied off of Chinese oil money is also a issue that is not ours to solve. Saying that the Chinese can fix this situation is also not realistic. They have no dog in the fight except they have invested a large amount of money in the Sudanese oil industry which would probably not exist if not for the Chinese. I'm sure that they are not happy about the situation but it would make me more nervous if they shipped a hundred thousand Chinese troops into the african continent. This is a problem that has no answer in real life terms.