Over the course of this week I was able to do a little bit of research on what the United States is doing to aid the people in Southern Sudan. I have discovered that a lot of the news data bases are very vague about the issues and what our country is doing to aid the Sudanese.
The media seemed to be tip-toeing their way around the what exactly the United States is doing. That really got me to think about if our government really is doing anything or if it is all just talk. I decided that I needed to go straight to the source.
I did some research on the White House's website and was able to learn a lot more about what our government is trying to do to help the people in Sudan. For one thing I was able to learn a lot about the man in charge of the Special Envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration. I also discovered that the U.S. is trying to make sure that the Sudanese government keeps their end of the peace agreement that had been signed between the north and the south.
If you are interesting in learning more about how the United States government is helping Sudan I would recommend going directly to a government website. The news doesn't give out enough information and they seem to be a little bit clueless.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
No Where to Run
A lot of people do not understand what is truly happening over in Sudan. The truth is I don't really know as much as I would like to. Some people look at what is going on over in Sudan and say "well why don't the people just run away." The truth is that they have no where to run.
In the United States citizens have the opportunity to go to the police or the government in order to find a safe haven or to bring about justice. Over in Sudan that is not the case. If someone needs help they can not always go to their government, in fact, their government may be the very thing that is causing their hardships.
Over in Sudan that is exactly what the case is. In the book Escape From Slavery Bok tells his readers about the time that he went to the police station when he was finally able to escape. When he got to the police station he thought that they would be able to help him find a safe place to go where he could find his family. Instead of finding that Bok discovered that the police were not interested in helping him but that they wanted to keep him as a slave for themselves.
So the police were obviously of no help to Bok.
Another example of this can be seen through the president of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir the leader of all of the blood shed that is occuring and that has occured. The Sudanese people can do nothing to defend themselves. Luckly, however, other countries such as the United States have noticed this and they are trying to bring about justice. President al-Bashir has been found guilty on five counts of crimes about humanity.
In the United States citizens have the opportunity to go to the police or the government in order to find a safe haven or to bring about justice. Over in Sudan that is not the case. If someone needs help they can not always go to their government, in fact, their government may be the very thing that is causing their hardships.
Over in Sudan that is exactly what the case is. In the book Escape From Slavery Bok tells his readers about the time that he went to the police station when he was finally able to escape. When he got to the police station he thought that they would be able to help him find a safe place to go where he could find his family. Instead of finding that Bok discovered that the police were not interested in helping him but that they wanted to keep him as a slave for themselves.
So the police were obviously of no help to Bok.
Another example of this can be seen through the president of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir the leader of all of the blood shed that is occuring and that has occured. The Sudanese people can do nothing to defend themselves. Luckly, however, other countries such as the United States have noticed this and they are trying to bring about justice. President al-Bashir has been found guilty on five counts of crimes about humanity.
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