Darfur In The Shadow Of Football and Political Scandal
I can't help feeling somewhat sad when I think about the world we live in. One perfect illustration is this the top news of the day in Sweden:
a.) Three members of the Swedish national football team has been sent home before a European Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein. They broke one of the team rules stating that no player is permitted to leave the hotel between supper and breakfast. Oh my, oh my... one of the tabloids facilitates a forum where readers can spell out their "worries" about the team. "Are you worried about the national squad? Yes or No."
b.) (and a little more understandable) The run up to the Swedish national election (Sept. 17th) is dominated by a "Watergate type" (according to media) of scandal. A couple of youngsters from the Liberal Party's Youth has done something extraordinary - in Swedish terms. They have been hacking the ruling social democratic party's computers since November last year. The social democratic elite is "disgusted", "chocked" and so on. Now the tabloids are working ferociously to find links to the Liberal Party elite. Rumours have it that a press secretary at the party's parliamental office knew about it all. Things will probably not stop there.
As a frightening contrast one can find only small notes in major Swedish newspapers on the fact that hell is breaking loose once again in Darfur. As you may know, the regime in Khartoum is trying its best to get rid of all international witnesses in order to complete the genocide. They are literally kicking out the African Union peacekeepers. The last UN resolution paving the way for an expanded international force to be sent to Darfur is a joke because it needs the regime in Khartoum to give it the green light(!). Have you ever heard anything weirder? The killers are supposed to "accept" external attempts to stop the violence and save lives. THAT is just about as cynical as anything can get!!! Please note that the US tried in vane to reach a deal to make it possible to implement the UN force in Darfur regardless of the opinion of the Khartoum regime.
Those damn imperialist war mongers of imbecille cowboy-minded self oriented cultureless tasteless Christian fundamentalist Islam hating Americans. They always try to interfere in others business...
a.) Three members of the Swedish national football team has been sent home before a European Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein. They broke one of the team rules stating that no player is permitted to leave the hotel between supper and breakfast. Oh my, oh my... one of the tabloids facilitates a forum where readers can spell out their "worries" about the team. "Are you worried about the national squad? Yes or No."
b.) (and a little more understandable) The run up to the Swedish national election (Sept. 17th) is dominated by a "Watergate type" (according to media) of scandal. A couple of youngsters from the Liberal Party's Youth has done something extraordinary - in Swedish terms. They have been hacking the ruling social democratic party's computers since November last year. The social democratic elite is "disgusted", "chocked" and so on. Now the tabloids are working ferociously to find links to the Liberal Party elite. Rumours have it that a press secretary at the party's parliamental office knew about it all. Things will probably not stop there.
As a frightening contrast one can find only small notes in major Swedish newspapers on the fact that hell is breaking loose once again in Darfur. As you may know, the regime in Khartoum is trying its best to get rid of all international witnesses in order to complete the genocide. They are literally kicking out the African Union peacekeepers. The last UN resolution paving the way for an expanded international force to be sent to Darfur is a joke because it needs the regime in Khartoum to give it the green light(!). Have you ever heard anything weirder? The killers are supposed to "accept" external attempts to stop the violence and save lives. THAT is just about as cynical as anything can get!!! Please note that the US tried in vane to reach a deal to make it possible to implement the UN force in Darfur regardless of the opinion of the Khartoum regime.
Those damn imperialist war mongers of imbecille cowboy-minded self oriented cultureless tasteless Christian fundamentalist Islam hating Americans. They always try to interfere in others business...
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