tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214806.post114614854884754171..comments2023-10-26T04:30:25.160-07:00Comments on Craigorian Chant: Iraq and DarfurThe Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523670703459279989noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214806.post-1146234594654135622006-04-28T07:29:00.000-07:002006-04-28T07:29:00.000-07:00Another post script...The UN is cutting back the a...Another post script...The UN is cutting back the amount of food aid it is sending to Darfur due to lack of contributions. As if these people weren't already starving enough. What will it take for people to become horrified enough to put pressure on their governments to intervene?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432041328889618278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214806.post-1146234015303040912006-04-28T07:20:00.000-07:002006-04-28T07:20:00.000-07:00I'm pretty opposed to the use of armed force anywh...I'm pretty opposed to the use of armed force anywhere. And certainly, I think the U.S. has really done it's share of throwing its weight around the world.<BR/><BR/>However, there comes a time when not intervening becomes the greater evil. It's the only thing I hold against Clinton, his refusal to get involved in Rwanda and stop the genocide. As an international force we are presented with an opportunity to end a pretty serious evil. And yes, getting involved will in all likelihood have to be in the form of armed force, which may be wrong. But it is more wrong to stand back and do nothing while the women and girls of Darfur endure rape as a weapon of war and innocent people are being slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands. Enough is enough.<BR/><BR/>As a post script, I find it more than a bit depressing that I've seen more discourse on Darfur coming from the television show ER than I have from any U.S. media source.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432041328889618278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214806.post-1146206480791449582006-04-27T23:41:00.000-07:002006-04-27T23:41:00.000-07:00I haven't read the links, but I'm pretty certain t...I haven't read the links, but I'm pretty certain that I can classify myself as a liberal-not-hawk. <BR/><BR/>My thoughts go back to the old saying that we cannot and should not try to be the policeman of the world. If we as a species have not yet learned to avoid what we now call genocide, it's not clear that a small group of us can teach that lesson, especially by force. Once Darfur is taken care of, genocide will certainly break out elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Besides, we have our own act here to clean up before we go cleaning up other people's messes. First things first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com