WP: Evangelicals Urge Bush To Do More for Sudan

[kskiska]

Thirty-five evangelical Christian leaders have signed a letter urging President Bush to provide massive humanitarian aid and consider sending U.S. troops to stop what they called the "genocide" taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The Aug. 1 letter marks a shift in focus for the evangelical movement, which previously was interested primarily in halting violence against Christians in southern Sudan. The victims in Darfur, a western province, are mostly Muslim.

"We view this as an opportunity to reach out to Muslims in the name of Jesus," the Rev. Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, said yesterday. "Christian people are appalled by this kind of genocide, and we don't want it taking place in our generation."

Evangelicals are part of Bush's political base, and because his reelection may depend on whether they turn out at the polls, the letter adds a domestic political element to an international humanitarian crisis.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35223-2004Aug2.html

[aquart]

1. Bush do something for suffering humanity? Not even for a vote.

[leesa]

2. Oh right. I really believe Fundies give a shit about life and genocide

[jdj]

5. Christians are killed by muslims.

To me it is as tragic as any genocide, but to them it is much more moving that 30,000 dead muslim Iraqis.

[MrPrax]

3. Anyone see this 'from a thousand miles?'

Wasn't Sudan bombed by the US once upon a time...and how come the US insists on a 30 day clause that would invoke 'economic considerations' and not the tougher EU arms embargo, occupation, buffer zone, etc...

Where is that little old UN on this project?

[struggle4progress]

6. Annan pushed hard on this. There are a number of recent LBN ...

... threads on UN negotiations around the issue. There's some European desire to move. If * wants to work with the UN to craft a meaningful response, he'd probably get cooperation.

I personally don't trust him acting on his own: he has a poor record.

[Tight_rope]

4. God told Bush to tell the Evangelist to go to "HELL"...

Bush only wants their vote...not their 2 cents!

[Moderator]

7. Duplicate

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=724422