by Dede Koesah

Created on: April 19, 2009

International Duties call for USA

I do not believe in fighting war with war, regardless of the situation; war is brought by people and could be hence solved my people through diplomacy, intellects and international rules of law.I am participating in this debate because the situation in Darfur is one the issues that concerns me. But I am also participating in this debate to set the record straight because some writers have sent measles that blew my mind, not because of the relevance these arguments but the fundamental issues in the arguments seem to lack understanding of the situation in Darfur as well as the comprehension of what it means to be the world'sSuperpower.

IT'S NOT A RELIGIOUS WAR,IT'S GENOCIDE: THE AFRICAN ARABS ARE KILLING THE BLACK AFRICAN!

The war in Darfur is not a simple tribal or a religious war and it's definitely not about sending troops in order to keep Christianity alive in Darfur. It seems to me that many people do not really grasps the concept of the war in Darfur: It's Genocide. Let me cultivate yours minds here, half of the population in Sudan is black Africans, but the government has oppressed non-Arabs in favor of Arabs. Black Africans have witnessed the face of severe underdevelopment and neglect from the government. It all started in 2003 when two local rebel groups - the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLA) started a rebellion against the Arab-dominated Sudanese government with the objective of redressing the social and economic issues, and demanding greater political power. The government used a retaliation strategy by employing an Arab militia known as the Janjaweed with the objective to implement the policy of "Genocide in Sudan", armed by the government and sent into various villages to kill civilians, burn down houses, carry out mass executions, commit rape and target infrastructure.

IRAQ WAR CANNOT BE COMPARED TO DARFUR!

Darfur is nothing like the war in Iraq and "terrorism" is certainly not at the bottom of the conflict. It is very understandable that some political powers do not want to be involved in a "civil war in Darfur", that's fair enough but I don't see the relevance of linking the Iraq war to Darfur. The motive of the Iraq has been clarified: Bush administration entered Iraq in order to access the oil and to stop the Euro of becoming the next "petro-currency". But for the sake of this argument, let us disregard the evidence to acknowledge that the objective of the Iraq war

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