Monday, July 26, 2004
...and they start digging your grave for you. Remember when Somalia started as a wonderful humanitarian intervention we could all be proud of? Well it was, but people forgot that quick when the bodies came home. I'm all for doing something about "the situation" Darfur, but those of us who support such action need to be very aware of how thin public support is for casualties when there is no clear danger to America being fought. As if we need a reminder of that right now.
(Via Jihad Watch) CNN.com - EU to push for sanctions on Sudan:
...In its warning of action against western forces, the previously unknown group said in a statement obtained by Reuters: "We have seen and heard of the American and British interference in Darfur and there is no doubt that this is a crusader war that bears no relation to the citizens of Darfur."
"We call upon you to speedily head towards Darfur and dig deep into the ground mass graves prepared for the crusader army," it added.
Witness said young Sudanese men were handing out the statements to worshippers at the central mosque in the capital, Khartoum...
