Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Darfur

I read this past weekend that it is estimated that over 300,000 people have been murdered in Darfur, Sudan due to ethnic "cleansing". This is unfathomable. What's even more unbelievable is how the great nations of the world are choosing to ignore or just give lip service to this important issue.

I believe it is simply due to the fact that this region of the world possesses nothing of interest to the world other than the genocide that is occurring there. There is no oil or natural resources that would pique an interest in this sad and terrible situation.

We can all help raise awareness of this horrific episode in human history. Go to: http://www.savedarfur.org/ and become aware of what is happening and how you can help in this sad chapter of human tragedy.

2 comments:

macarthurpark730 said...

Hey dr.crew. This is a great post. You don't ever ever ever hear about this in the news at all so people don't even know that it's going on. So I went to the website and signed the petition. I would have sent money too but I have none at the moment. It's sad that we're just letting those people die over there. It's like that saying that people who watch something bad happening are just ask guilty as the person who's doing it.

Dr. Crew said...

Hi Adam. Yes, it's clearly political in that China has a HUGE part in this horror. I believe that due to our desire to have a positive relationship with them due to their economic power we are kissing their asses. DR. Crew