søndag den 11. oktober 2009

Dialogens omkostninger

Er, at ondskaben "do business as usual". Det bliver aldrig dialog som stopper et folkemord, som det i Sudan.

Obama effekten vil de næppe være glade for i Sudan, altså dem som udryddes og massakreres. Regeringen og dens proxy Janjaweed milits vil naturligvis være begejstrede for de nye toner:

U.S. officials have come under fire for changing rhetoric towards Khartoum. Retired U.S. Air Force Major General J. Scott Gration, the new U.S. special envoy to Sudan, has come under blistering criticism for taking what is perceived to be a softer stance towards Khartoum by proposing a normalisation of diplomatic relations.
Her tænker vi verbal-hygiejne, mens mennesker er blevet slagtet i hundredtusindvis. Det er Bosnien, Rwanda om igen, hvor Vesten mener den gør en indsats med tedrikning og diplomati.
En facadeproces, hvor man lader som om, man bekymrer sig.

"In our view, the policymakers seem to think that the situation in Darfur is either getting better or not really getting worse, and the fact is that we've documented, very clearly, that every day there are new abuses, and the situation is not getting better by any stretch," she said. (Kilde:)

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