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Situation Desperate, Blame America
by James Dunnigan
June 27, 2015
Diplomats in sub-Saharan Africa have begun publicly commenting on the South Sudan leadership, both government and rebel. The term “impunity” has begun to crop up -- this means that the leaders of the government and the rebels are not held accountable for their actions. Soldiers on both sides have committed atrocities. Unfortunately, some diplomats appear to have found a way to blame the U.S. at least a little bit. One source said that the warring parties ignored U.S. efforts to end the conflict, despite a decade of U.S. aid and diplomatic effort in the region. Actually, the warring parties are ignoring more than that. Serious U.S. aid efforts in Sudan (and now South Sudan as well) began at least 12 years ago. In the 1990s and until 2005 (when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed) the U.S. was very involved in diplomacy intended to end the Sudan civil war. Even a massive intervention in South Sudan will not stop the two well-armed factions from fighting one another. The U.S. will also be participating in the next round of peace negotiations.
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