This is a 3 minutes clip taken from a 14 minute CBS 60 Minutes video titled "Searching for Jacob". Bush is shown here addressing the UN about Darfur’s atrocities. Sudan’s President and UN representative are openly laughing at him. Why? Because in the 1990’s Sudan’s President Al-Bashir hosted Osama Bin Laden for 5 years. So in exchange for information Sudan has on Al Qaeda, the Bush Administration has agreed to turn the other cheek.
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Feb. 9, 2007
World Remains Idle In Darfur
New Republic: Violence Continues As U.S. And U.N. Do Nothing
“speaking at a panel in Washington, D.C., John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group urged Western governments at least to weigh the possibility of military action against Sudan — but then conceded, "It's a laughable concept as we sit here today." True enough. At this point, we would be happy to see the West take any action that has even the remotest chance of stopping the genocide. Some efforts, such as a no-fly zone over Darfur or a naval blockade of Port Sudan, could, at least in theory, be undertaken unilaterally or by a small group of countries. Other proposals, such as travel bans that target government leaders or sanctions against Sudanese oil, would require broad consent from the international community to be effective.
Unfortunately, none of these measures seem likely to happen any time soon. For one thing, when it comes to Darfur, we have shown time and again that we simply lack the will for substantial steps of any kind. For another, China — a major consumer of Sudanese oil and a longtime supplier of equipment to Khartoum's military — would almost certainly foil efforts to punish Sudan economically.
And so the West either isn't going to act or isn't going to act strongly enough, and the plight of Darfuris will become more dire by the day. Indeed, as recent reports of attacks on aid workers piled up, one humanitarian group, Médecins du Monde, decided to pull out of Darfur. If others follow, millions of displaced persons could soon be without water, food, or medicine."
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