Matters arising....

At long last....Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has accepted a hybrid AU-UN force for Darfur that would hopefully help rein in his fighters. The most modern tragedy of the African continent that has consistently defied any solution, and constantly left a sour taste in the mouths of every individual with even the slightest idea of the atrocities being committed in Darfur might be coming to an end.....I hope. Darfur has become an open wound of the African continent that highlights the constant ineptitude of african leaders to manage or solve problems with in africa, without looking to the outside world for help.

In my opinion, the Darfur massacre could have been averted or perhaps stopped a long time ago, if not for the support that the Sudanese govt. gets from a certain super power, which has consistently threatened to veto any adverse UN security council sanctions on Sudan. Although I do not have so much faith in the UN or its security council which is controlled by a bloc, and where each veto wielding country serves to protect its allies, business partners (Sudan supplies oil to a big wig on the UN bloc), war against terrorism allies (Ethiopia was allowed to buy weapons from North korea, inspite of the sanctions on such sales, because it was going into a war that would benefit a certain country), etc, I still think that this latest development could be a glimmer of hope for the thousands of displaced and terrified people in Darfur. My prayers constantly goes out to them and I hope that the UN/AU force would be on ground as soon as possible to prevent any last onslaught of these innocent and defenceless people. When I reminiscence of what happened to Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia, and how NATO reduced him and stopped the continuous massacre of innocent people in the Europen theatre, I constantly wonder why that couldn't or wouldn't happen in Sudan....well, I guess I know the answer.....the Sudanese govt. has a big brother on the bloc unlike Milosevic at that time, and of course it's Africa !!! They always have too many problems. Peace out!!!