Bush Sees Need to Expand Role of NATO in Sudan...

[bridgit]

'ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 17 — President Bush signaled a new American commitment on Friday to addressing the crisis in Darfur, saying he would support an expanded role by NATO to shore up a failing African peacekeeping mission there.' http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/18/politics/18prexy.html?hp&ex=1140325200&en=7793e967ba87ea86&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[applegrove]

1. If we are really, really nice... maybe Bush will spend a Million dollars?

:sarcasm:

[bahrbearian]

2. I smell Oil.

[bridgit]

6. yup, i'm surprised it's taken so long to roll out the same old song...

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/sudan.html

[applegrove]

7. Actually those people are being ethnically cleansed. Their rebel leaders

smell the oil too. Both sides smell the oil. The leaders & power, the men, the oil sick men. The women & children & farmers are getting murdered and chased off their land. Millions.

This is one battle "ten guns" Bush should have been on.

Because it is a humanitarian intervention.

But they don't want to set a "precedent" for humanitarian intervention.. because that would compete with "pre-emptive" war.

[bridgit]

3. sure, and bush sees peacekeepers everywhere but where oil...

is to be found or exploited

[bluedog]

4. caught senior White House aides by surprise...not finalized

"I'm in the process now of working with a variety of folks to encourage there to be more troops, probably under the United Nations," Bush said.

The announcement caught senior White House aides by surprise because details of the new policy have not been finalized, including how many U.S. troops would be involved.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/18/Hillsborough/Bush_makes_stop_in_to.shtml


*******in other words.....bush was talking out of his asshole**********

[bridgit]

5. probably cause the cheney admin is a couple secret meetings...

away from finalization is my guess