Brownback spurring action on Darfur

In part because of the unflagging advocacy of Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., the U.S. Senate last week designated $60 million in the $94.5 billion emergency spending bill to fund a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Darfur region of Sudan. Another plus: Money to pay for it will come from cuts to the excessive U.S. embassy building project in Baghdad. There are plenty of uncertainties ahead as to how the U.N. force will proceed, and whether it can stop the slaughter. But as Brownback said, “The situation is simple: If we don’t act, people will die.”
Posted by Rhonda Holman

2 Comments

  1. Otto
    Posted June 18, 2006 at 1:18 am | Permalink

    We killed lots of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s about time we paid for the mess the Republicans made. Darfur? When do we clean up our own human rights mess?

  2. mrbill
    Posted June 20, 2006 at 12:13 am | Permalink

    Keep an eye on him though. He will likely then want them all to immigrate here to go with the other 60 million he just voted to let in. Got to get them votes you know…seems odd when the wingnuts try to out dem the democrats.