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Monday, August 21, 2006

How the United Nations Facilitates Genocide

David Kopel

The genocide in Darfur, Sudan, is the direct result of the types of gun laws which the United Nations is trying to impose all over the world. Millions of people have already died because of such laws, and millions more will die unless the U.N. is stopped.

Sudan is covered by a U.N.-backed treaty called the “The Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa.”

This requires universal gun registration, complete prohibition of all civilian-owned semi-automatic rifles, “heavy minimum sentences for...the carrying of unlicensed small arms,” as well as programs to encourage citizens to surrender their guns, widespread searches for firearms, educational programs to discourage gun ownership, and other polices to disarm the public.

So with the black villagers disarmed—thanks to Sudan’s strict gun laws—and the Arab gangs well-armed (thanks to the government), the stage was set for genocide. Typically, the mounted Arab gangs would attack a village on the ground, while the Sudanese military provided air support and bombed the village.

In the south Sudan, the genocide program killed 2.2. million victims, and drove 4.5 million from their homes. Victims who were not killed were often sold into slavery. Rape was extensively used as an instrument of state terror.

The Janjaweed have caused the deaths of up to 400,000 black Sudanese, have raped many thousands, and have forced over two million black Sudanese into refugee camps. After a village has been softened up by bombardment from the Sudan Air Force, the Janjaweed enter and pillage, killing and raping in order to displace the population and steal the land.

One under-armed villager lamented: “I tried to take my spear to protect my family, but they threatened me with a gun, so I stopped. The six Arabs then raped my daughter in front of me, my wife and my other children.”

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review asked a U.S. State Department official why there were no reports of the Darfur victims fighting back. “Some do defend themselves,” he explained. But he added that the perpetrators have helicopters and automatic rifles, whereas the victims have only machetes.

Because the international community has utterly failed to protect the Darfuris, they have every moral right to protect themselves.


I fully believe that every person has the right to defend themselves and their family. The UN being dominated by and for dictators doesn't believe that.

The United Nations is making the problem worse by taking away the ability of people to defend themselves. Why is it that we pay so much for them to do wrong?

Read the whole article.

Comments

Avatar for student student

you know, I’ve always wondered if it’s because they have a black slacker in charge...you know those kind of people who think they’re entitled to everything and thus don’t care about you…

I often wonder also why a man at my mom’s work, who has not done any work and has also sexually harrassed the employees has continued to get awards, raises, praises at meetings, and held his job for several years still without being fired. Unfortunately, we just have world-class careless, selfish slackers.

student student on August 21, 2006 at 08:41 pm
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Well first off I think the quoted material is very interesting. I don’t think you can call the UN bad in this situation. They are trying to accomplish good there. I would advise seeing the film “Lord of War”, it talks alot about small arms violence in Africa. I’m not sure anyone can be faulted for these genocides. This world has been, is, and will always be a tragic place.

Oh and to the commenter for me, stop being a racist prick and someone who makes generalizations. This world isn’t full of slackers, it’s a bold new world that’s going to have alot of flaws. Anon may not be the best thing ever to happen to the UN but to call him a slacker is anything but true. The UN itself is a slow organization but at least it’s there. Countries and governments can’t be left to check themselves.

Miles on August 21, 2006 at 11:19 pm
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Well Miles, undoubtedly some in the international gun control movement think they are trying to help.  But the truth of the matter is that they are making it worse.

As far as Koffi being a slacker?  I don’t know.

On the other hand he has led the UN to being more ineffective, more corrupt and more beholden to the the thugocracies that have a majority in the General Assembly.  Not a good record.

The Whistler on August 22, 2006 at 04:20 am
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Heh, referring to Lord of War as if it were true. 
You do realized that’s about the same as using ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ as scientific evidence of global warming, don’t you?

The UN backed disarmament of citizens hasn’t worked in Britain, and it’s not working in 3rd world countries either.

student:  bringing race into the matter doesn’t help your case.  Kofi is a boob who has reduced the UN to being even more worthless than before (if that’s possible), He’d still be a boob if his skin were a different color.

electnixon on August 22, 2006 at 04:22 am
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Well said Elect Nixon.

The Whistler on August 22, 2006 at 04:24 am
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well, you think it’s racist, but it may be true: I grew up in a ghetto school. Everyone told me I was dumb, yet they threatened me because they wanted me to do their work for them. This is all I’ve seen of black people from the ghetto. I suspect that kofi may have the same background as these people: just let someone else do the job, and when you do the job, just do a crap job of it. There’s been more scandal and more problems with that guy around, when there are better people to do the job.

And yes, I do know some respectful black people who don’t act anything like this. However, I’m talking about the disrespectful ones here, and I just think he might be one of those people who doesn’t help things along. There are certain black people who think it’s the “Black attitude” they should have to slack off and do a crappy job.

student student on August 22, 2006 at 05:09 pm
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In a situation like this, the UN should be handing out guns to the villagers.

mdell on August 25, 2006 at 02:42 pm
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At least not standing in there way.

It’s not that we haven’t seen this before.

The Whistler on August 25, 2006 at 02:47 pm
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Miles said, The UN itself is a slow organization but at least it’s there. Countries and governments can’t be left to check themselves.

And what is the UN, if not a government who can’t be left to check themselves?

You defeat yourself with your own argument.

likwidshoe on September 11, 2006 at 04:14 am
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Blaming the genocide on gun laws (i.e. piece of paper) is the most stupid explanation I have read in a long time.

Wilbur Larch on September 19, 2006 at 12:31 am
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Blaming the genocide on gun laws (i.e. piece of paper) is the most stupid explanation I have read in a long time.

That “piece of paper” gives authorities to right to imprison those who have arms. That “piece of paper” prohibits ownership of many types of firearms. That “piece of paper” requires gun registration.

The results of this “piece of paper”? Those who abide by the law are left defenseless against those who are better armed.

If you believe that is the “most stupid explanation” you’ve heard, then provide a damn argument.

And learn to comprehend while you’re at it. Nobody is blaming the disarming for the genocide. It has just set the stage. The blame still lies fully with the Arab Muslims.

likwidshoe on September 19, 2006 at 02:34 am
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Say Anything

Wilbur Larch on September 19, 2006 at 02:45 am
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Say Anything

Apparently that means you can also say nothing.

You have no argument, do you?

Heh.

likwidshoe on September 19, 2006 at 03:15 am
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