It just blows me away to think about how the situation in Darfur gets no attention and things like Iraq and Afghanistan get daily attention. It also blows me away that such a war like the on in Iraq can have have Trillions of U.S. dollars spent on it, even though it is an unnecessary war. What do we have to do to get nations like the United States to do something about Darfur? How can a nation spend so much money on Iraq and spend so little on something that really matters, so much human life lost yet it gets little or no attention on the world stage. Similarly recently in Myanmar (Burma) with the cyclone that hit, instead of helping the people, we pick at the government for being a military dictatorship. I believe in a crisis such as this it should not matter who runs the country, people are dying and thats all that matters! So help the people, sort out the issues later! Why is it so hard for people like us (in the west) to spend a little money and share a little compassion? why are we so stuck up and ignorant? Is this maybe why the rest of the world hates us?
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I think the question you have to make, is: Who are the global players involved in each conflict? It is obvious that Irak is an US matter. But is Darfur also one? Apparently not! So why should the US ‘invest’ money in a conflict which is not profitable. In case of Darfur, China is the global player holding the strands. And the reason why many UN resolution do not pass, is because China has a veto in the council and makes use of it, when its interests in Darfur are manaced by some resolution.
Visit the following link for a documentary dealing with this subject:
http://criticaldocs.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/china-vs-the-us-the-battle-for-oil-2007/
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I understand that but what I’m trying to say is that the United States claims to fight for freedom everywhere but they only do what benefits them, so what I want is for them to stop claiming this. I really want the United States to show the same ‘gusto’ in the rest of the world as they seem to show in Iraq, however misleading it is.
OK, I see. But anyhow, “hypocrisy” is one of the best words to describe the US administration for many decades now.
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Agreed.
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