Apparently, things have gotten even kinkier in the world’s latest pot o’ genocide.
The Times reports that now not only are Arabs assaulting non-Arabs, but they’re also fighting tribal wars with other Arabs. But don’t panic – the wali’s got it all under control.
The wali, Ali Mahamoud Mohammed, said in an interview that such clashes were “just a natural part of the life of the tribes” and something he had witnessed growing up in Darfur in the 1970s.
Ah yes, the good old days. So good to have a chance to reminisce. Of course, the government did not step in when these tribes were massacring non-Arabs. But now that everything is in “chaos” and beginning to “resemble Somalia” – well shit! Maybe they should do something!
I’m sure that “something” won’t extend to actually ending the genocide, considering the government started that “phase” of their great plan (to dye the water red, presumably?). I hope it ends all the same, considering that every day of any conflict in that country hits women and children the hardest. It’s hard getting up in the morning sometimes, realizing that in another part of the world, you’re property to be brutally and nearly always sexually conquered. The story that’s always hit me hardest about Darfur is the tale of the refugee women who can’t visit the well for water because crossing the open plain is equivalent to asking for sexual assault.
We think we’re so modern, but we live there, too.
