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Old 12-11-2006, 01:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The name Darfur has been in the news for some time......I did some research after reading about it in the paper today.

The country has been at war on and off since gods knows when.... figures of between 200.000 and 500.000 dead and upward are quoted.
At present the Arabic north is running rife throughout the region of Darfur killing and burning wholesale.


Where are the moral politicians, world leaders, who feel the need to intervene in inhumane regimes ?
Where is the UN ?
Is it because the country has no profit margin, no return for our "investment" if we went in?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
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Yes.

Thus, no-one cares.
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I'm afraid Africa will always be at war. As long as there are tribes there will be war. As long as they keep spitting out babies just to see them suffer and die, breeds in me nothing but contempt.
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I'm afraid Africa will always be at war. As long as there are tribes there will be war. As long as they keep spitting out babies just to see them suffer and die, breeds in me nothing but contempt.

WHAT ????

You have just made me speechless......jeeze...
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I'm afraid Africa will always be at war. As long as there are tribes there will be war. As long as they keep spitting out babies just to see them suffer and die, breeds in me nothing but contempt.
Who else here thinks the continent of Africa will always see tribal warfare?

Anyone here who envisages a peaceful African continent in the future?
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Define tribes........you could say the same about the recent troubles in Europe.
The problems are caused by man made lines drawn across maps.
Yugoslavia and the former Russian republics are prime examples.
A lot of the troubles in Africa are fueled or at least assisted by western influences.....pro western Presidents or Dictators funded, or rebels armed directly from Washington......lots of rich pickings still to come into western hands from mineral and oil from them seemingly independant African states...


Just in the news today......
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6169543.stm

Not African bribery this time.....
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So, you are saying that the last several hundred years or so of fighting in Africa was caused in part by Western intervention? I disagree, they are a waring people, life is cheap.
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So, you are saying that the last several hundred years or so of fighting in Africa was caused in part by Western intervention?

I disagree, they are a waring people, life is cheap.
I can understand you saying the first sentence.....a genuine question.

But you spoiled it by saying "they" as if "They" are in some way slightly more war mongering than the western nations.

"They" never had two world wars and un countable other major conflicts on a scale to match the civilised life respecting western nations.
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"They" never had two world wars and un countable other major conflicts on a scale to match the civilised life respecting western nations.

That's because they were too aggresive to use any of their intelligence to come up with the tools and equipment and the plotting and infrastructures to design a warfare spanning across thousands of miles with millions of people together fighting as one.

The theory is that the less civilised a group of people is, the smaller the scale of war will be since they are unable to lead and conduct a major force.
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That's because they were too aggresive to come up with the tools and equipment and the plotting and infrastructures to design a warfare spanning across thousands of miles with millions of people together fighting as one.

The theory is that the less civilised a group of people is, the smaller the scale of war will be since they are unable to lead and conduct a major force.
That is exactly why most Africans have nothing. It is also why something like £2 billion in aid has completely disappeared. Corruption is rife.
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