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• [1] Joe Page April 30, 2007 - 12:16PM

  Is there a selfish reason for me as an American to care?

  
  
• [2] Beth from NJ April 30, 2007 - 12:37PM

  Jordan said even "republicans" buy shoes, not "rednecks."

  
  
• [3] Erin from Brooklyn April 30, 2007 - 12:37PM

  Joe Page-

  Do you need a selfish reason to care?

  How about a conscience???

  
  
• [4] Blanche Foster from Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Inc. 76 Prospect St. Nwk NJ April 30, 2007 - 12:49PM

  Please be so kind as to add DRP's website address to the links that you are adding to your site: www.darfurrehab.org.

  DRP was founded by Darfurians; our website is considered to be a credible source. The current website is basic--not glitzy--and informative. Our new website will be launched shortly with updated information...At any rate, the site is sure to be of value...If John Prendergast is still in the studio when you'll receive this note, please ask him about DRP...He knows us well and the work that we do.

  Thanks you.

  Blanche Foster

  Executive Director

  P.S. I would be glad to send further information to you...Please advise the contact.

  
  
• [5] Joe Page April 30, 2007 - 01:09PM

  Erin,

  I don't believe I've ever overheard a conversation on Darfur in a common public setting, e.g. restaurants, subway, etc. -- neither on Global Warming for the matter.

  Can I read anything from this about the American conscience?

  
  
• [6] Joe Page April 30, 2007 - 01:17PM

  I'd like to add to Beth's comment that it is unfortunate that "rednecks" are commonly disregarded by progressives.

  
  
• [7] Peter May 01, 2007 - 03:35PM

  Whenever I hear people talk about Darfur, nobody ever discusses the need for a political solution among the diffent factions in that area (Norht Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, 16 or so rebel groups etc.) and how, like in Iraq, it seems impossible.

  So-called 'smart" sactions would be meaningless and heavy sanctions would most likely re-ignite the civil war between the North and South Sudan and create more violence.

  Even if the US backs the South to overthrow the Muslim North, there's still the problem with the various rebel groups and Chad.

  Sudan sounds like another quagmire for America.

  
  
• [8] Gitta Zomorodi from New York City May 02, 2007 - 04:32PM

  The New York-based American Jewish World Service is a leading activist organization involved in the campaign to end the genocide. AJWS is a co-founder of the Save Darfur Coalition and has been providing humanitarian aid to those affected by the crisis since 2004. Our Darfur Action Campaign provides numerous resources for raising awareness and taking action today. Through our Web site (www.ajws.org/darfur) you can contact your members of Congress in support of funding for peacekeepers, find out about NYC divestment efforts, and download educational materials.

  
  
• [9] RandallJones from New York July 13, 2007 - 12:21PM

  If the violence is to be stopped in Darfur, the role of the United States in fueling the violence must be addressed.

  Here is a good article about this written by F. William Engdahl

  at http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Geopolitics___Eurasia/Oil_in_Africa/oil_in_africa.html

  I have also written about it at http://gettingtruth.blogspot.com/2007/05/first-image-is-cover-of-book-about.html