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View Poll Results: Do you feel that President Obama is doing enough for the people of Darfur?
yes 11 37.93%
no 12 41.38%
other 6 20.69%
not sure 0 0%
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Old 04-18-2009, 10:09 AM
 
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The movie showed him giving some lip service to the tragedy at a rally.
Bish, Cheney, Colin Powell and Condaleeza were informed of it, and could care less.
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:32 AM
 
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How is Darfur our problem?

Haven't we learned about being the world's policeman?

Give Darfur to the Euros, Russians, Zimbabwe, the UN.......
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:57 AM
 
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Did Bush?
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:35 PM
 
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Did Bush?
Nope, Nor did Clinton. What did any of those actions get us?

Anyway, they're outta here, live and learn, time to move on and focus on US interests.
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:52 PM
 
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The movie showed him giving some lip service to the tragedy at a rally.
Bish, Cheney, Colin Powell and Condaleeza were informed of it, and could care less.
Obama sends envoy to Darfur - Boston.com (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/03/30/obama_sends_envoy_to_darfur/ - broken link)

This was March 30.

"Obama and his special envoy to Sudan, J. Scott Gration, met on Monday, the day before Gration was to head to Africa to discuss several issues with leaders, including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's decision to expel 13 aid groups.

Obama said Gration's immediate emphasis would be bringing rival groups together to end the conflict.
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Gration, a former combat pilot, advised Obama during his presidential campaign on military and national security issues. He accompanied then-Sen. Obama to Africa in 2006, a visit that included a stop in Chad to see refugees from Darfur. The two formed a close friendship on that trip that has deepened since; Obama on Monday called Gration one of his top national security advisers.

Human-rights advocates who met with Obama ahead of the trip said they were optimistic. Jerry Fowler, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, said he was reassured by Obama's recent statements, such as calling the expulsion unacceptable."
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:56 PM
 
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Well Darfur is only one symptom of Islams (sharia law) push for dominance over people of the world.

And they don't care how many they rape, maim or kill to do it.

If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere.
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:59 PM
 
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The movie showed him giving some lip service to the tragedy at a rally.
Bish, Cheney, Colin Powell and Condaleeza were informed of it, and could care less.
God lord, I can't believe there is anyone left alive there to kill. I've been hearing about it for a long time.

20yrsinBranson
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:59 PM
 
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why should we continue to be the world police as well as the worlds doctor. let them all kill each other. it rids the world of idiots.
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Old 04-21-2009, 04:05 PM
 
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The US is rather busy with Afghanistan, Iraq and pirates off Somalia. Darfur would be a good fit for the UN. Have France, Germany, Spain, etc. get involved....
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:13 PM
 
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why should we continue to be the world police as well as the worlds doctor. let them all kill each other. it rids the world of idiots.
Then why did Bush say that it was worth it to have 1 million lives lost in order to remove a dictator that was once our ally? This sort of hypocrisy makes me sick - especially when millions of children, women and men are being raped and slaugtered. If our so-called 'Christian' heritage means anything at all, we will help those who are being wantonly slaughtered, else we are false Christians.
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