Right, another war in a Muslim country
Two North Carolina Democratic congressmen endorse the use of military force in Sudan if necessary to stop civil war and genocide, The News & Observer reports.
Brad Miller and G.K. Butterfield are visiting (correction: are back from visiting) the Darfur region of the North African country.
What's happening there is tragic, but it's hard for me to believe that congressmen who want us to get our troops out of Iraq would call for sending them to Sudan, which is governed by a radical Islamist regime.
The humanitarian reasons for intervention may be compelling, but there were compelling humanitarian reasons to rid Iraq of the Saddam regime. It likely would require a similar regime change in Sudan to resolve the conflict there. And sending in our troops would open another battleground for fighting Islamic insurgents -- not to the level of warfare in Iraq, and maybe not even Afghanistan. But certainly like Somalia in 1993, and probably worse.
As in Iraq, we couldn't count on much help from European allies. They're so afraid of terrorism that they would avoid provoking more anger among their large and volatile Muslim populations. And make no mistake -- Western military intervention in Sudan would anger the Muslim world all over again, no matter what humanitarian reasons justified the action.
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And make no mistake -- Western military intervention in Sudan would anger the Muslim world all over again, no matter what humanitarian reasons justified the action.* Doug
Right! It appears that Brad and Butterfield never saw the movie " BlackHawk Down" One would assume with the present state of our stress military machine, that they would send Troop *21 of our Boy Scouts and George Clooney.
War mongering Democrats making the world safe for Democracy....Gads and fools....
Posted on April 13, 2007 10:48 AM
It is unsurprising that their criteria for a justifiable war would be when there is no real American national interest involved. Remember Miller's ideological predisposition.
Posted on April 13, 2007 1:26 PM
John Edwards, whose ideology is similar to Miller's, has called for NATO intervention in Sudan, but without U.S. troops. At least Edwards appears to recognize the danger of sending Americans into another military conflict with Islamists. Of course, NATO isn't about to get into Sudan.
Posted on April 13, 2007 1:34 PM
Of course, NATO isn't about to get into Sudan.* Doug
Of course not! They are fiquring on how to get out of Afgan like the former Soviet Union.
John Edwards, whose ideology is similar to Miller's, has called for NATO intervention in Sudan, but without U.S. troops* Doug
As of this moment. The Africa Union has about 5000 military personal in Sudan protecting certain tribal warlords. Sorted like we are doing for certain Afgan Poppy Warlords.
Posted on April 13, 2007 6:56 PM