Tuesday, June 07, 2005

NATO for Darfur?

This blogger has a nifty top ten things that would help the situation in Darfur, Sudan. I don't know anything about the author, but I can agree that any implementation of most of the points would be helpful. Not sure all of them are politically feasible, but I like the idea of directing NATO to be the acting organization in this situation. The UN is hobbled by corruption, they EU has it's own problems, and America can't over-extend. NATO is a military pack, by definition, and acts militarily, which is part of what's needed. Even though it is primarily driven by US interests, it's presence would be automatically multilateral.
1. Put the heat on NATO to buttress the African Union.
2. Put NATO troops on the ground
3. Enforce a no-fly zone.
4. Make it clear that preventing genocide trumps intelligence cooperation.
5. Impose sanctions and an arms embargo
6. Fully fund the aid effort (UN World Food Program has been asking for more)
7. Improve protection of civilians (Expand AU or NATO presence).
8. Name a special envoy, to show diplomatic seriousness.
9. Stop praising Khartoum, at least until significant progress is made.
10. Expedite the UN deployment in southern Sudan.

Some of those last few are just to emphasize the West's seriousness about conditions in that region.
Discuss.

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