al Bush-ir

After nearly ten years of terrorizing the people of Darfur, where which over 600,000 people have been killed, and approximately 2.5 million have been displaced, Sudan’s president Omar al Bashir pointed the finger of blame toward the international community. “Every time we take a step forward, make progress and signs of peace emerge, those people try to mess it up, return us to square one and distract us with marginal issues and false allegations,” al Bashir told a group of supporters in the Darfur region, in reference to his July 14th indictment by the International Criminal Court. The charges of genocide pinned against him brought on this public display of lies and deceit that we Americans have grown used to over the past five years, with the only difference coming in the form of civil strife as opposed to our Bush Administration’s Middle East invasion that was formulated and carried out using the same tactics. With the Darfur situation being far worse in the human rights arena, al Bashir was trying to play the role of the Wizard behind the curtain. He was trying to show his sympathy for those run from their villages by the government-backed forces known as the Janjaweed, and at one point said, “The real sickness here is the suffering of the displaced, because they are the ones who lost their sense of security and safety in their hometowns.” Though in one faux-pas he revealed how little he truly cares and showed his defiance toward those who are seeking to help curb the situation by stating, “We will only bow to God, who is the sole provider.”