What Does President Bush Mean by "NATO stewardship" of Darfur Crisis? :: sudanreeves.org :: Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy

An excellent, up to date analysis on Darfur by Eric Reeves...
What Does President Bush Mean by "NATO stewardship" of Darfur Crisis? :: sudanreeves.org :: Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy: "Given reluctance in Brussels, a good deal less than meets the eye

Eric Reeves
February 22, 2006

President Bush declared this past Friday that a security force for Darfur will require “NATO stewardship, planning, facilitating, organizing, probably double the number of peacekeepers that are there now, in order to start bringing some sense of security” (New York Times, February 17, 2006). But crucially, Bush did not specify whether these additional peacekeeping forces would come from NATO---or indeed how and when they would be generated. And he certainly did not promise participation by US troops or personnel in any NATO deployment. After the President spoke, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Joe Carpenter declared it is '‘premature to speculate’ on potential increases in US troops” (Washington Post, February 17, 2006). Privately, Bush administration officials make clear there is no intention of sending US troops to Darfur."...

Despite what many are construing as encouraging words by President Bush, there is a hollowness at their core, signifying only that we have entered yet deeper into a ghastly heart of darkness.