‘See how many people are dying in Darfur: None.’
By on May 31st, 2007 at 2:15 pm
‘See how many people are dying in Darfur: None.’
Yesterday, the Sudanese ambassador to the United States, John Ukec Lueth Ukec, held a press conference in Washington to respond to the Bush administration’s sanctions. The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank sums up his speech, in which he denied that Sudan is doing anything wrong:
Genocide in the Darfur region? “The United States is the only country saying that what is happening in Darfur is a genocide,” Ukec shouted, gesticulating wildly and perspiring from his bald crown. “I think this is a pretext.”
Ah. So what about the more than 400,000 dead? “See how many people are dying in Darfur: None,” he said.
And the 2 million displaced? “I am not a statistician.”
Find out the facts on Darfur at the ENOUGH project.
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How many Americans are dying in Darfur?
May 31st, 2007 at 2:30 pmAhhhhh… if they’re not one of us, they don’t count…
convenient way to excuse a total lack of anything resembling humanity
May 31st, 2007 at 2:33 pmThis clown sounds like Al Gore.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:35 pmpatrick1
it’s human immoral scum like you that have brought our country to this horrible state.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:39 pmHate to sound like an apologist for some very nasty behavior on the part of the Sudanese, but as to the charge of genocide the ambassador is right. It is a civil war to be sure with many innocent victims. But there is no evidence to support the charge of genocide. Powell’s use of that term surprised diplomats throughout Europe and concerned many that such exaggerated rhetoric might be another effort for the US to begin planning another war against an Islamic state. The Iraq fiasco has obviated that possibly but we should be alert to the possibility that the war party is pushing these claims.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:40 pmThis clown sounds like Al Gore.
Comment by Patrick1 — May 31, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
This clown sounds like George Bush.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:42 pmTell him to talk to the UN. Don’t bother us.
May 31st, 2007 at 3:05 pmHe obviously went to the George Bush / Dick Cheney school of reality.
May 31st, 2007 at 3:11 pmWas this guy buddies with the former Iraqi Information Minister?
May 31st, 2007 at 3:15 pmThey’re not dead, they’re life deficient.
May 31st, 2007 at 4:09 pm/sarcasm
And is he wild-eyed and beating his chest like our El Presidente?
May 31st, 2007 at 4:28 pmAhhhhh… if they’re not one of us, they don’t count…
convenient way to excuse a total lack of anything resembling humanity
Comment by raynman — May 31, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
So what is your idea for doing something?
Sanctions: Done
May 31st, 2007 at 5:33 pmStrongly Worded letter: Done
Brought up to the U.N for them to begin the ball rolling on doing something: Done
^Tundra
June 1st, 2007 at 7:12 amWell… intervening would have made a lot more sense than Iraq, since the most persecuted people there (the Kurds) were already largely independent. Of course, we’re too tied up elsewhere to operate on the ground now, but what about a no-fly zone? That doesn’t require ANY troops on the ground, and there are already carriers in the area
Well, at least he’s up front about his denial. In fact, I would say that lies like this are the kind that I am least worried about, because they are so blatant.
June 1st, 2007 at 7:17 amIt concerns me more when politicians say that they care about something, and then DON’T do what needs to be done to change it. Take the Millennium Development Goals for example. Bush is on record supporting the MDG’s, but when it comes to acting that’s a different story. For example in 2005, after voicing support for the MDG’s the Bush team wanted a 29 page draft agreement concerning world hunger and the MDG’s to completely eradicate all mention of the MDG’s…
The Sudanese Air Force should have ceased to exist a decade ago.
One night’s worth of sorties, and hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved.
June 1st, 2007 at 9:57 am