Assignment

As part of a class assignment for this week, I have been looking at other blogs about Darfur. There are lots! I found one to be particularly interesting. The Genocide Intervention Network

is a website dedicated to bringing awareness and stopping genocide. The GI- Net funds people of the world suffering from genocide by helping educate and bring an end to the atrocities they are facing. Their website's blog is VERY informative.

I like the blog especially because it focuses on the latest news from the region and stays surprisingly unbiased. The blog entitled "news briefs" gives updates on what's going on politically and physically in the Darfur region. The blog also has lots of links to more detailed stories of the news worthy events going on. The last post included some very interesting information about our president and his plans.

"On Tuesday, President George W. Bush announced that if Khartoum continues to refuse a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur, he would initialize the first step in his "Plan B" for Darfur, in which the Treasury Department would block US commercial bank transactions, including oil revenues, connected to the government of Sudan. The Pentagon said military intervention in Darfur was not being planned.

The Genocide Intervention Network released a poll of US voters demonstrating significant majority support for greater US involvement in ending the genocide in Darfur. Meanwhile, Congress convened a hearing with Canadian Sen. Roméo Dallaire and actor Don Cheadle to discuss what steps the United States should take on Darfur."

I find it disappointing that a plan for military intervention is not even being discussed and that once again Bush is using a "plan B". In my opinion he never makes a strong enough "plan A" and always falls back on using oil as a controlling factor. On the other hand, I am glad the government is at least enacting on a plan to do something. I was also pleased that people are looking for greater involvement in Darfur.

I would also like to note, actor Don Cheadle is a friend of George Clooney. : ) Great guy.