Hello everyone
As you can tell from the title of this blog, I am greatly interested in helping the people of Darfur. For those of you who don't know, Darfur is a region in Sudan, where the African population is being brutally massacred by a group called the Janjaweed. It is believed that this military group is sponsored by the Arabian Dictator, as an attempt to "racially cleanse" the country of Sudan. This situation bothers me a lot. It just makes me so sad to think that people are in such a horrible conflict over race. We thought we had it bad here in the US during the fight against racism, countless people are murdered, raped, and chased out of their homes and villages everyday. Hundreds of thousands are believed to have died and millions of families have been forced to relocate to refugee camps as a result of this conflict. What bothers me the most about this situation is that no one seems to be doing anything about it. I have seen numerous news reports of the US and the UN admitting that there is a problem, that this is a horrible genocide, but yet I still haven't heard any news reports of any action being taken to STOP this conflict. I do commend the UN for creating the refugee camps, because without those camps it is unknown what would have happened to the millions which depend on them for survival. I do realize that the government of Sudan will not allow UN peacekeeping toops into the country, and has warned that they will, and apparently have, attacked those who do not heed these warnings. (By the way I do find that a bit suspicious considering the Sudanese government denies their involvement, yet doesn't seem to want to end the problem?? Interesting). However, I still hope that more assistance is granted to this region to help these people. I had a discussion with my father about this particular topic of aid being sent. He responded that the US aid is already spread out so thin that they cannot afford to spend the money or the man power to handle the situation right now. I can understand where he sees that happening, but then I am forced to ask this question:
HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE CAN WE ALLOW TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
As you can tell from the title of this blog, I am greatly interested in helping the people of Darfur. For those of you who don't know, Darfur is a region in Sudan, where the African population is being brutally massacred by a group called the Janjaweed. It is believed that this military group is sponsored by the Arabian Dictator, as an attempt to "racially cleanse" the country of Sudan. This situation bothers me a lot. It just makes me so sad to think that people are in such a horrible conflict over race. We thought we had it bad here in the US during the fight against racism, countless people are murdered, raped, and chased out of their homes and villages everyday. Hundreds of thousands are believed to have died and millions of families have been forced to relocate to refugee camps as a result of this conflict. What bothers me the most about this situation is that no one seems to be doing anything about it. I have seen numerous news reports of the US and the UN admitting that there is a problem, that this is a horrible genocide, but yet I still haven't heard any news reports of any action being taken to STOP this conflict. I do commend the UN for creating the refugee camps, because without those camps it is unknown what would have happened to the millions which depend on them for survival. I do realize that the government of Sudan will not allow UN peacekeeping toops into the country, and has warned that they will, and apparently have, attacked those who do not heed these warnings. (By the way I do find that a bit suspicious considering the Sudanese government denies their involvement, yet doesn't seem to want to end the problem?? Interesting). However, I still hope that more assistance is granted to this region to help these people. I had a discussion with my father about this particular topic of aid being sent. He responded that the US aid is already spread out so thin that they cannot afford to spend the money or the man power to handle the situation right now. I can understand where he sees that happening, but then I am forced to ask this question:
HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE CAN WE ALLOW TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
posted by Adriana P at 6:17 PM
1 Comments:
I'm afraid that your father may be correct. The government at this point in time is too concerned with miniscule problems in the country.
For example, last week was election week, correct? Numerous people ran for office, and we all know how expensive it is to advertise and campaign to gain support for candidates. Personally, I don't see why so much money needs to be poured into the television networks at these times. If people are really concerned about their government officials, then they should be responsible enough to research the backgrounds and aims of different candidates on their own. The expensive commercials on television and radio would not be necessary. Those funds could be channeled into alleyways that have the ability to benefit other, more important areas of concern in the world, such as Darfur.
Think how much money and support could have been sent to Darfur to help the people there, had there not been so much spent on election campaigns.
The truth is that our government must learn to prioritize. I'm not saying that they need to feel as if they must help the entire world all at once. Rather, they should recognize how much good they could accomplish, should they act more efficiently.
It's our duty to speak up about this, as you have already begun to. In all honesty, I believe that that is all we can do.
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