7 in 10 Americans Say Genocide Must Be Prevented in Sudan

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

http://allafrica.com/stories/200407200821.html

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In a new PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll 69% said “If the UN were to determine that genocide is occurring” in the Darfur region of Sudan, then the UN, including the US, should “act to stop the genocide even if it requires military force.” Only 19% were opposed and 12% did not give an answer.

Americans are also inclined to believe that genocide is already occurring there. Presented two positions, only 24% endorsed the view that what is occurring in Darfur “is just a civil war between the government and people in a resistant region that happen to be of a different ethnic group.” Instead, 56% took the position that what is occurring in Darfur, where “a million black African Darfuris have been driven into the desert by Arab militias who have destroyed their farms and prevented them from receiving relief,” is genocide. Twenty percent did not answer.

These are some of the key findings of a PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll conducted July 9-14 with a nationwide sample of 892 American adults (margin of error plus or minus 3.3%).

Over two thirds (68%) favored the UN putting “pressure on the Sudanese government to stop the militias, by deciding that all UN members should freeze the assets of Sudanese officials and ban them from traveling to other countries.” Only 18% were opposed.
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[rooboy]

1. Countries with oil are America's problem... others are the UN's. n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. We especially like countries with vast supplies of untraceable natural

resources (read diamonds, gem stones other valuable minerals) to be as unstable as possible - keeps it on the cheapy cheap dont you know!

[rpannier]

2. Governments and Newspapers in this region call Darfur Genocide

Governments in Asia: Jordan, Korea, Japan, China and the UAE all call it genocide. Governments in Africa: Libya, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco call it Genocide. Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera have referred to it as Genocide on many occassions.
I think that's a pretty fair sampling to say that it's Genocide.

[leesa]

4. But genocide in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine are A-OK

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. Excuse me?

[JI7]

5. Kerry has mentioned this many times

since the only purpose would be humanitarian it's unlikely bush will do much to stop it.

http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/002154.html

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. Kick!

[struggle4progress]

9. kick

:kick:

[tom_paine]

8. And WHAT prey tell, do the feelings of the Imperial Subjects of Amerika

matter?

NOTHING! It is the simple truth of living outisde the Free World, as Imperial Amerika now is.

[cornfedyank]

10. ask the 7 what they are willing to give up.

everybody knows that people are dying.

they don't hate us for our freedom. they hate us because we put sweaters on our dogs while people starve.