Darfur

Ok while this site has a no politics policy, we will have a little.

Ive just started reading Emergency Sex (my fav book) again which is about three UN civilian peaceworkers and their experiences. Dr Andrew Thomson is one of the three authors (he is the NZer). Thomson hit the headlines for this book after taking the a case against the UN for wrongful dismissal - they didnt renew his contract after publishing this book. He won the case and has now been promoted. The book is a damning report on the tactics of the UN. "If your country is in strife, and the people wearing pale blue hats and helmets arrive.....RUN!"

Anyway, the book recollects what happened in Rwanda in the early 1990s - over the course of a month close to 1 million Tutsi Rwandans were slaughtered, by the other people the Hutus. And the world and UN did nothing to stop it - no one was interested basically. At the same time Bosnia was in crisis with similar killings - but on a smaller scale. One does have to note Rwanda is an entirely black country in deepest darkest Africa, whereas Bosnia/former Yugoslavia is a largely White country in Europe.

Currently in Darfur - Sudan the same thing is essentially happening - and again no one is doing anything. So far 400 000 people have been killed and thousands, if not millions have been raped - the weapon of choice. Basically the Sudanese Liberation army attacked a miliatry base in 2003, since then the govt has responded by setting up a militia to carry out revenge - which has led to small villages being attacked - the men and boys murdered and women raped.

Its a disgrace that we do nothing about these situations, when Oil isnt involved - the major nations dont care. And when the US isnt involved most protest organisations dont seem to care.

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