I find it interesting that one of the Democratic Party’s greatest critics (Senator Biden) of the Iraq war is calling for American troops to go to Darfur to end the genocide. I am guessing that Biden was one of the many Democrats that agreed Saddam had to have been taken out before America’s invasion to topple a genocidal-terrorist loving dictator. The reason for the invasion was Saddam’s possession of WMD or the wish to develop nuclear WMD. The WMD was not found. From that time forward Bush hating Democrats tried to simultaneously cover their political butts and rock the Republican world of its control of government by blaming Bush.
President Bush’s problem was he placed all the eggs in the WMD basket and did not emphasize the rogue state nature of Saddam’s Iraq. Saddam can definitely be linked to aiding terrorists in Israel and there are back door connections to the likes of al-Qaeda. Saddam was the member of the Sunni minority that occupied a nearly oil-free portion of Iraq. In order to insure his grip of power Saddam slaughtered thousands of Shi’ite and Kurdish Iraqis. Should Saddam’s reign have been terminated? Definitely!
And that WMD pickle: There are many who still believe WMD was there and the Russian and/or Syrians were able to walk away with the evidence. Therein lay the Bush mistake. The military plan to topple Saddam was solid; the military plan to secure Iraq from outside interference was a debacle.
Now that I have set up a brief look of the cause and effect of the Iraq war, let us return to Joe Biden. Why would Biden favor sending Americans to a similar radical Islamist maelstrom in Sudan and complain that America should never have toppled the psychotic government of Saddam Hussein? Is Biden being compassionate? Where is the compassion for the Iraqis dieing from internecine religious conflict created by Saddam Hussein? Darfur will be the same maelstrom as Iraq.
Biden is 100% correct by the way. America should end the Darfur genocide. America should topple the Islamofascist leadership of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Also America should battle Islamofascists in Iraq. There is one thing I do agree with Biden: give up on a central democratic Iraqi government. I somewhat like Biden’s idea of an autonomous federated Iraq divided into three regions; however this will only work with an American presence as well. Why? Because of our friend (cough) enemy Iran.
JRH
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President Bush’s problem was he placed all the eggs in the WMD basket and did not emphasize the rogue state nature of Saddam’s Iraq. Saddam can definitely be linked to aiding terrorists in Israel and there are back door connections to the likes of al-Qaeda. Saddam was the member of the Sunni minority that occupied a nearly oil-free portion of Iraq. In order to insure his grip of power Saddam slaughtered thousands of Shi’ite and Kurdish Iraqis. Should Saddam’s reign have been terminated? Definitely!
And that WMD pickle: There are many who still believe WMD was there and the Russian and/or Syrians were able to walk away with the evidence. Therein lay the Bush mistake. The military plan to topple Saddam was solid; the military plan to secure Iraq from outside interference was a debacle.
Now that I have set up a brief look of the cause and effect of the Iraq war, let us return to Joe Biden. Why would Biden favor sending Americans to a similar radical Islamist maelstrom in Sudan and complain that America should never have toppled the psychotic government of Saddam Hussein? Is Biden being compassionate? Where is the compassion for the Iraqis dieing from internecine religious conflict created by Saddam Hussein? Darfur will be the same maelstrom as Iraq.
“The war was unnecessary, Biden asserted.
“The president took us to war unncessarily, without letting the weapons inspectors finish their work, without enough troops, without the right equipment for the troops that we sent, without the proper care for those (wounded) who were taken home.” (San Francisco Sentinel 5/21/07)
Biden is 100% correct by the way. America should end the Darfur genocide. America should topple the Islamofascist leadership of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Also America should battle Islamofascists in Iraq. There is one thing I do agree with Biden: give up on a central democratic Iraqi government. I somewhat like Biden’s idea of an autonomous federated Iraq divided into three regions; however this will only work with an American presence as well. Why? Because of our friend (cough) enemy Iran.
JRH
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Biden favors U.S. troops for Darfur
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
May 21, 2007 11:05 PM ET
Yahoo News
Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record) called again Monday for U.S. troops to help quell the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, drawing a strong rebuke from Sudan's U.N. envoy.
The comments from the Delaware senator, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, came as he led a bipartisan delegation to the United Nations for talks with key U.N. officials.
"The bottom line was this: There's genocide taking place," Biden said, adding that the world can't wait several months for action on the ground.
"Were I able to make the decision, I would impose a no-fly zone immediately, and I would commit forces to stop the janjaweed now. But I am not making that decision."
Biden, who made a similar call last month, confirmed that the forces he was referring to were U.S. troops.
Darfur's conflict between ethnic African rebels and the government — backed by Arab janjaweed militias — has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced 2.5 million others. A beleaguered 7,000-strong African Union force has been unable to stop the fighting.
Sudanese Ambassador Abdelmahmood Abdelhaleem, however, insisted "there is nothing in Darfur that is lagging," citing momentum for new political talks and movement on peacekeeping.
He said Biden's remarks were "not warranted at all because the peace process is moving."
President Bush warned a month ago that he would tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones unless Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir started making definite moves toward peace. Ban urged Bush to give diplomacy more time.
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Hmmm … Biden Says Send Troops to Darfur
John R. Houk
© May 21, 2007
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Biden favors U.S. troops for Darfur
Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
May 21, 2007 11:05 PM ET
Yahoo News
Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record) called again Monday for U.S. troops to help quell the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, drawing a strong rebuke from Sudan's U.N. envoy.
The comments from the Delaware senator, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, came as he led a bipartisan delegation to the United Nations for talks with key U.N. officials.
"The bottom line was this: There's genocide taking place," Biden said, adding that the world can't wait several months for action on the ground.
"Were I able to make the decision, I would impose a no-fly zone immediately, and I would commit forces to stop the janjaweed now. But I am not making that decision."
Biden, who made a similar call last month, confirmed that the forces he was referring to were U.S. troops.
Darfur's conflict between ethnic African rebels and the government — backed by Arab janjaweed militias — has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced 2.5 million others. A beleaguered 7,000-strong African Union force has been unable to stop the fighting.
Sudanese Ambassador Abdelmahmood Abdelhaleem, however, insisted "there is nothing in Darfur that is lagging," citing momentum for new political talks and movement on peacekeeping.
He said Biden's remarks were "not warranted at all because the peace process is moving."
President Bush warned a month ago that he would tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones unless Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir started making definite moves toward peace. Ban urged Bush to give diplomacy more time.
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Hmmm … Biden Says Send Troops to Darfur
John R. Houk
© May 21, 2007
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Biden favors U.S. troops for Darfur
Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
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