The Sudan, one of the poorest countries in the world, and the largest country in Africa, is potentially a source for more oil than even that which is in Saudi Arabia. One hitchj" the Northern part of the country consists mostly of Muslims identifying with Arab states and oppossed in an endless civil war with the South, a section that is mostly Christian and identifying with Africa. Now America is to intercede because of all the terrorists that are claimed to be there. And the oil.Oil, The Sudan, human rights & terrorism see too: slouthsudanfriends.org and: More Southern Sudan of interest also is the investment of American companies, congress, and SEC (now under fire for Enron): American policy, oil, and Sudan
"America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.
"Mass-market nostalgia gets you hopped up for a past that never existed. Hagiography sanctifies shuck-and-jive politicians and reinvents their expedient gestures as moments of great moral weight. Our continuing narrative line is blurred past truth and hindsight. Only a reckless verisimilitude can set that line straight."
--James Ellroy, American Tabloid
Ensure a Free and Fair Election (Ban Paperless Voting Machines
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."