This morning there s first a predictable story about Darfur; an expert on African affairs notes that seven thousand African Union troops patrolling a region the size of France have been ineffectual in preventing continued janjaweed terror. Funding for the troops is about to run out, and it seems that no one, including the United States, is ready to put forth more money or come up with new ideas to stop the killing and displacement. This is not surprising to those of us who lived through twenty years of oppression by the hands of Khartoum and its militias.
Dave EggersTags: war sudan darfur page-417
In the time that we're here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won't need the UN - you will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones.
George ClooneyTags: politics war death 9-11 iraq israel un darfur afghanistan global palestine united-nations
Any critique of realism must begin with a sober assessment of the horrors of peace.
Christopher HitchensTags: sudan darfur noninterventionism realpolitik
There is a huge trapdoor waiting to open under anyone who is critical of so-called 'popular culture' or (to redefine this subject) anyone who is uneasy about the systematic, massified cretinization of the major media. If you denounce the excess coverage, you are yourself adding to the excess. If you show even a slight knowledge of the topic, you betray an interest in something that you wish to denounce as unimportant or irrelevant. Some writers try to have this both ways, by making their columns both 'relevant' and 'contemporary' while still manifesting their self-evident superiority. Thus—I paraphrase only slightly—'Even as we all obsess about Paris Hilton, the people of Darfur continue to die.' A pundit like (say) Bob Herbert would be utterly lost if he could not pull off such an apparently pleasing and brilliant 'irony.
Christopher HitchensTags: celebrity media sudan mass-media popular-culture darfur paris-hilton celebrity-culture bob-herbert war-in-darfur
Because of my schooling, my fate would always be a little different from my friends.
Daoud HariTags: education inspiration africa darfur conflict-resolution the-translator
What is more important for the world right now than preserving ways of living in balance with the earth?
Daoud HariTags: education inspiration africa darfur conflict-resolution the-translator
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