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I know, those responsible are arabs- but consider that several arab government officials (Egypt in particular though I dont have names here at work) have been very vocal in calling for an end to the bloodshed. A peaceful resolution- would go a looong way to restoring the immage of the US as "only helping when it's in our intrests".
The Us military would not have o directly engage the Sudanese military to stop things (or at least slow them down dramatically): they could provide security for the thousands of fleeing refugees (many of whom are being killed like ducks in a row near the borders and in makeshit tent cities on the way).
Just a UN/Coalition presense would curb the violence: the sudanese government would then be forced to at least consider caling off the attacks for fear of beig toppled: right now they act with increased impunity as NOTHING has been done despite the UN's repeated "calls for the violence to stop".
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just made by the Presbyterian Church
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"...you make it sound as though the US is the only country capable of intervention there."
*sigh*
I would explain my worldview (in which nothing is about capability and everything is about willingness and cost-benefit analyses), but it's late, and I don't want to wake up to another misconstrued point. Again.
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