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To: GST who wrote (128285)	4/2/2004 7:51:22 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 281500

Thats all about about who you would listened to, not what they said or more importantly what you would have done based on it. Tim

To: GST who wrote (128285)	4/2/2004 8:01:50 PM
From: Dr. Id	Respond to of 281500

That was the best summation of the Bush record on terrorism that I've read on this board. Some will remain deaf and blind to any data that comes in, but it doesn't change the truth. The sad thing is that to be deaf, dumb, and blind to incompetence breeds more incompetence. But, as Mel Gibson said (I think it was Mel Gibson...), "Forgive them for they know not what they do."

To: GST who wrote (128285)	4/3/2004 3:57:28 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The Uselessness of the UN Apr. 3 - A short while ago there was a lot of talk - lots and lots of talk - about how badly Kofi Annan felt that he did nothing to stop the massacres in Rwanda (actually, he did "something": he ordered the withdrawal of a large body of UN troops.) April 7 marks the anniversary of the bloodshed, but naturally the "world leaders" aren't going to attend the memorial service in Rwanda, all too Bloody Typical, as Paul notes. There have been several danger signs in Sudan with claims that Arab militias are forcing black Africans out of their villages and into refugee camps in neighbouring Chad, and the UNSC is having a meeting about it. "I have no reason to believe that the government is actively planning it, but I have reason to say that little is done to stop it, and therefore it seems as if it is being condoned," Jan Egeland, the world body's humanitarian affairs chief, said after briefing the Security Council. "Scorched-earth tactics are being employed throughout Darfur, including the deliberate destruction of schools, wells, seed and food supplies, making whole towns and villages uninhabitable," he said, describing an "organized campaign" that has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes and triggered "one of the world's worst humanitarian crises." Following his briefing, the 15-nation council issued a statement calling on the Sudan government and rebel groups to protect civilians in the northeast African nation, help aid workers gain access to needy regions, agree on a humanitarian cease-fire and "reach a political settlement to the dispute." Darfur peace talks opened this week in N'Djamena, the capital of neighboring Chad, where the United Nations says tens of thousands of Darfur refugees have fled. But the talks have gotten off to a slow start, with the first few days devoted to "talking about talks," Egeland said. US diplomats say that representatives from Pakistan and Algeria "watered down" the resolution, the two countries deny it, and, in short, the UN shows how vital and effective it is when dictatorships control the agenda in the name of multilateralism. The Sudanese government this week arrested a leader of the Opposition and several others on charges they had tried to overthrow the government, but even so, Sudan's U.N. ambassador, Elfatih Mohamed Ahmed Erwa, says the claims of the UN are exaggerated. Egeland noted that the situation in the Sudan should not be compared Rwanda as the inhabitants are being forced out of the area but not being killed. Am I supposed to feel better that the situation is closer to that in Kosovo, another country in which the UN failed to act? Remind me again why multilateral institutions like the UN are essential to world peace and the advancing of human rights. As talk is cheap, surely the UN is the biggest 'ho house in town. debbyestratigacos.mu.nu