Kurt Bassuener, International Herald Tribune, February 1:
"If the West is serious about stopping the mayhem in Darfur and offering real protection to the uprooted civilian population, it needs to summon the fortitude to cease treating Darfur as collateral damage of the Iraq war and other policies that create friction with the Muslim world, and offer the sort of assistance that only it can provide - both in the air, and on the ground."
"If the West is serious about stopping the mayhem in Darfur and offering real protection to the uprooted civilian population, it needs to summon the fortitude to cease treating Darfur as collateral damage of the Iraq war and other policies that create friction with the Muslim world, and offer the sort of assistance that only it can provide - both in the air, and on the ground."
"cease treating Darfur as collateral damage of the Iraq war"
ReplyDeleteThat's some moronic analysis, showing precisely zero perspective of the long term historical precursors to Darfur. Linking Darfur with the Iraq war in such a way shows the author's colours instructively. Another one cast into the "disregard" tray.