Recently I’ve read articles that are blaming the Sudan/Darfur crisis on global warming. Oh my, that is a stretch considering that Sudan sits squarely in an arid zone we commonly call a desert. Of course the whole country isn’t parched but extended droughts in the area are nothing new but could easily be caused by or exaggerated by climate change. Climate change is real but I hesitate blaming specific events on it. The most important duty of a government is to protect all parts within its boundaries and to share the resources. Unless your entire country is without resources then there is no reason to starve the millions that live in a zone that is suffering at the hands of nature or man no matter what is causing the crisis. There are a lot of reasons for this human tragedy but there is one factor that is almost never mentioned, oil. Sudan has oil and plenty of it. Ask the Chinese about Sudanese oil. Oh wait, that is another part of the problem and is at the core of much corruption. The Chinese control Sudan’s oil, not the western powers. And like Nigeria where the people displaced by the western controlled oil and the destruction caused by the extraction and corruption are left to die and fight for the basics of life, so goes Sudan. Throw in ethnic and religious diversity and you have the recipe for human tragedy. And if the west can’t profit from the oil then we let it happen and talk about what to do for years and years. Then we go in to help the few that managed to survive. I don’t think I can complain about the current price of gasoline or about how much water I’m allowed to throw on my lawn.
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