US, Sudan & Zimbabwe
July 16, 2008There’s no defense for the ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe. But US policy in connection with those two problematic nations is running into a buzzsaw. In both cases, the United States is acting clumsily, and it is facing stiff opposition from Russia, China, and many African nations.
Two obvious conclusions: the Bush Administration’s muddled pursuit of democracy-by-force has made the entire world suspicious of America’s motives in world crises, especially when they’re tied to possible armed intervention. And confronting nations’ real-world strategic interests, such as China’s interest in Sudan, under the guise of humanitarian concerns won’t fly, after Iraq.
The Ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe
Robert Dreyfuss
You are not wrong about him. Despite his supposed message of hope Obama is a centrist and the one thing that people who truly want change need to remember is that once a fruit is rotten it is rotten. You cannot change that kind of corruption, you need to dismantle it and start anew. It is amazing how quickly people forget the lessons of history. The holy Roman empire should be warning enough that the path that the US is on is dangerous and irresponsible. Oh well guess we are going to repeat once again.