Biden favors U.S. troops for Darfur

[oberliner]

UNITED NATIONS - Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record) called again Monday for U.S. troops to help quell the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, drawing a strong rebuke from Sudan's U.N. envoy.

The comments from the Delaware senator, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, came as he led a bipartisan delegation to the United Nations for talks with key U.N. officials.

"The bottom line was this: There's genocide taking place," Biden said, adding that the world can't wait several months for action on the ground.

"Were I able to make the decision, I would impose a no-fly zone immediately, and I would commit forces to stop the janjaweed now. But I am not making that decision."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070522/ap_on_re_us/un_sudan_1

[Zywiec]

1. Start with a no-fly zone?

Where have I heard that one before?

[ShortnFiery]

2. Well, as soon as we extract our troops from the Iraqi Civil War, we can do humanitarian GOOD.

Yes, we should help ... we should HAVE helped by now but we are tied up in an illegal occupation. :(

[MisterHowdy]

3. No sweet natural resources to plunder in Darfur.

Therefore, no reason to go there.
At least, this is how those in power will see it.

[Telly Savalas]

8. The Sudan is an exporter of oil.

I find it amusing that advocates of intervention claim that nothing's being done because they have no oil, but other folks will claim Bush is only after the oil whenever he talks tough about the situation.

[Ilsa]

4. Where are they going to come from? And why can't we

invade Costa Rica or Bali or Jamaica? ;)

[dave_p]

5. Yeah, they did such a great job in Iraq

... and Somalia, and Lebanon before.

[madrchsod]

6. no ---tell the chinese to do something or we will

embargo goods from china. china is the country that calls the shots in that region..

[BlooInBloo]

7. Kewl. Too bad he's still a plagiarizing, bankruptcy sell-out two-face.

[genie_weenie]

9. Of course he does it won't be his powdered ass

delievering food and bags of rice, not showering for 7 weeks and getting shot at...