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...many as two million deaths, before the government agreed to a peace deal in Sudan’s south, a future without UN intervention does not look rosy. Finally, the risk of jihad erupting in Sudan is overstated. Most Sudanese do not see the Darfuri conflict as a sectarian war, a view supported by the one million Muslims who live in Darfur but often oppose the Janjaweed. Moreover, the Arab League has hinted that it may support a UN force, a decision that would surely mute most Arab criticisms. The largest impediment to action is political will. China, Russia...
...another example of neoconservative naiveté. According to Boot, all the U.S. has to do to rid itself of terrorists is find a list of nondemocratic countries that support jihadists and set the people of those countries free with democracy. In fact, Iraqis may not vote themselves free from sectarian violence, and Iranian people, if liberated, may not want to give up access to nuclear resources. The U.S., after several years of failure, should have learned that those issues have to be dealt with in a pragmatic, case-by-case manner. Hanting Teng Taipei...
...Number of Iraqi families who fled their homes to escape sectarian violence and registered, as of August, with the Iraqi government as refugees. The number of registered refugee families was up from 27,000 the previous month...
...this will take time, Khalilzad says. But with more and more neighborhoods across Iraq turning into sectarian battlefields, time is exactly what the country doesn't have. If the political haggling goes on too long, and the faith in the current unity government fades away, admits the ambassador, Iraq "will be in a much more difficult situation." Despite all this, Khalilzad knows that getting the groups to hash out differences in the political arena - instead of on the streets - is the best bet for future stability in Iraq. "These are complicated, difficult issues. We have to give them the time...
...things a bit, but perhaps Oldham wants us to see that starting a relationship, like invading Iraq, is deceptively easy—you always get more than you bargain for; and that breaking up, like “stabilizing” Iraq, is full of false endings, unexpected alliances, sectarian violence, and strange returns to the status quo.“Every time we kiss / we find ourselves in love again,” he croons on the last titled track. “The older that we get / we know that nothing else for us is possible / When...