Comments on: Senator Obama on Iraq and Darfur http://donklephant.com/2007/02/17/senator-obama-on-iraq-and-darfur/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: DosPeros http://donklephant.com/2007/02/17/senator-obama-on-iraq-and-darfur/#comment-233099 DosPeros Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:37:41 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=3175#comment-233099 The Egyptians seem to be doing a bang-up job. I say let them take the ball and run with it. I've mentioned this book before on this blog re: Western intervention in Africa and I'll mention it again, Emma's War by Deborah Scroggin is not only a fascinated story of idealistic, if stupidly naive young Brit, but also gives a panaromic history of the miserable failure of European savior-missions in Africa. http://www.amazon.com/Emmas-War-Deborah-Scroggins/dp/0375703772 The Egyptians seem to be doing a bang-up job. I say let them take the ball and run with it. I’ve mentioned this book before on this blog re: Western intervention in Africa and I’ll mention it again, Emma’s War by Deborah Scroggin is not only a fascinated story of idealistic, if stupidly naive young Brit, but also gives a panaromic history of the miserable failure of European savior-missions in Africa.

http://www.amazon.com/Emmas-War-Deborah-Scroggins/dp/0375703772

]]> By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2007/02/17/senator-obama-on-iraq-and-darfur/#comment-232789 probligo Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:50:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=3175#comment-232789 Nice to see some star-gazing going on. Re Dafur - why should that problem fall entirely to the US? Well a small part of that question is the fact that the US has fairly successfully de-knackered the UN as a forum for sorting problems like Darfur. Why do the African nations have so much difficulty in sorting out problems like Darfur? I haven't seen the film yet, but perhaps "The Last King of Scotland" has a little to do with that as well. Not as a physical presence you understand but as a metaphor. The solution to Darfur has as much to do with Iraq and Iran as well - when you get to the real-politik of nations such as China. Then there is a the question of "Why pick on Obama?" What might Cain, or Guiliani, some of the other R potential candidates, do in their first few weeks as President? Why should they not be examined in the same way? I can imagine Giuliani for example being so hot in pursuit of Obama sin Baden that Darfur will continue to fester in exactly the way that it is now, and as badly as Rwanda (because Madelaine Albright could not pronounce the word "genocide"). Nice to see some star-gazing going on.

Re Dafur - why should that problem fall entirely to the US? Well a small part of that question is the fact that the US has fairly successfully de-knackered the UN as a forum for sorting problems like Darfur. Why do the African nations have so much difficulty in sorting out problems like Darfur? I haven’t seen the film yet, but perhaps “The Last King of Scotland” has a little to do with that as well. Not as a physical presence you understand but as a metaphor.

The solution to Darfur has as much to do with Iraq and Iran as well - when you get to the real-politik of nations such as China.

Then there is a the question of “Why pick on Obama?” What might Cain, or Guiliani, some of the other R potential candidates, do in their first few weeks as President? Why should they not be examined in the same way? I can imagine Giuliani for example being so hot in pursuit of Obama sin Baden that Darfur will continue to fester in exactly the way that it is now, and as badly as Rwanda (because Madelaine Albright could not pronounce the word “genocide”).

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