Let me see if I get this right. Bush doesn't believe in The World Court, won't participate in UN peacekeeping efforts (feels it is a waste of USA military potential), doesn't believe in the UN (basically), sees the "Oil for Food Program" of the former Iraq as a scam, believes he can throw his weight around militarily no matter what the UN Security Council states, BUT, he recognizes the genocide of al-Bashir as human rights violations and believes the UN should instill more African Union troops into Sudan.
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Sounds like a real zealot to me. No policy really, just shoot from the hip to justify his lack of will and interest. Has to look like a good guy as he is an American after all. Not really such a puzzle, really. Mostly. Bush is a fraud ! Unfortunately he was born in the USA, but, his roots really belong in Saudi Arabia, right? There. And China.
Bush Wants to Keep Working With Sudanese President (click here)
By Scott Stearns White House15 July 2008
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President Bush has long criticized Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for permitting many of the same human rights abuses included in his ICC indictment.But the United States is not part of that court and has long questioned its jurisdiction to prosecute government officials or military personnel serving as peacekeepers.Asked about President Bashir's indictment, President Bush told a White House news conference that the court's action should not affect ongoing negotiations with Khartoum to get more African Union troops into Darfur....
WANTED :: Omar al-Bashir, for crimes against humanity. "I do not recognize the World Court" But. It recognizes him. The beginning of the end of the terror to Darfur. The International War Crimes Court has done its work, now it is time for the Global Community to bring the genocidist to justice. The people of Darfur are in greater peril today and need the global community to act to protect them.
170+ UN members leave Darfur (click title to entry, thank you)
16/07/2008 21:07 - (SA)
Khartoum - The UN has flown more than 170 staff members out of Darfur with peacekeepers on alert following a deadly attack and moves to charge Sudan's president with war crimes, an official said on Wednesday.
"Today we had about 100 people who left. One flight in the morning and one flight in the afternoon from Darfur and they travelled to Entebbe," said Josephine Guerrero, spokesperson for the UN-led mission called UNAMID.
Another 46 were air-lifted from El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state where the joint AU-UN mission is based, bound for Al-Obeid, the capital of Northern Kordofan in central Sudan.
Thirty-two staff members left Nyala, the capital of South Darfur on Tuesday, bringing the total to around 178 in the last two days.
The numbers leaving are a fraction of the some 10 000 UNAMID staff deployed the western region of Sudan. Officials said staff could return within days or weeks if the mission downgrades its security alert.
UNAMID is flying out non-essential staff following months of worsening security despite assurances from Sudan that it would protect peacekeepers.
Officials feared a violent backlash after International Criminal Court chief prosecutor on Monday sought an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on 10 counts including war crimes and genocide in Darfur.
Seven UNAMID peacekeepers died and 22 wounded in an ambush by heavily armed militia on July 8, the deadliest in a series of attacks since the UN assumed command of peacekeeping in the region last December.
